Metacritic Film

Carriers Are Waiting, The

Starring Benoît Poelvoorde, Morgane Simon, Bouli Lanners, and Dominique Baeyens

MPAA RATING: Not rated

Samuel Goldwyn Films
Drama
94 minutes | BW
Belgium / France
Released In Theaters March 17, 2000

In this Belgian comedy-drama, a father coerces his teenage son to pursue a world record in order to win a car. He urges his son to become the record holder by opening and closing the most doors in a twenty-four hour period.

WRITTEN BY
Emmanuelle Bada
Benoît Mariage
Jean-Luc Seigle

DIRECTED BY
Benoît Mariage

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

73 / 100

Critic Reviews

100 Christian Science Monitor
Sensitive, imaginative.
80 Chicago Reader Ronnie Scheib
An extraordinarily subtle, witty, and nuanced work.
75 New York Post
Delightfully quirky.
75 New York Daily News
Poignant, eccentric comedy.
70 The New York Times Janet Maslin
A sharp critique of empty values and pointless striving.
70 TV Guide
This grim black comedy from Belgium would be unbearable if it wasn't scripted with such wry humor.
60 Village Voice
Mariage takes his time and allows the film to drift in an almost ostentatiously casual manner.

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