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Rosetta
USA Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for language
Starring
Emilie Dequenne,
Fabrizio Rongione,
Anne Yernaux,
and
Olivier Gourmet
This film follows a young and impulsive Belgian girl, Rosetta (Dequenne), who tries to establish an independent life and will do anything to maintain a job.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Jean-Pierre Dardenna
Luc Dardenne
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jean-Pierre Dardenna
Luc Dardenne
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Video: July 18, 2000
Theatrical: November 5, 1999
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| RUNNING TIME: |
95 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Belgium / France |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
French (with English subtitles) |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Rosetta is a character of raw pride in a film of lingering power.

90
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
You feel it in your nervous system before you get a chance to reflect on its meaning.

88
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
The bleakness of Rosetta will not be for all, but it's one of the best films of the year.

88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The film has an odd subterranean power. It doesn't strive for our sympathy or make any effort to portray Rosetta as colorful, winning or sympathetic.

88
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
An immensely uplifting movie whose final, unforgettable frames come as close as anything to answering the big questions about why we bother in a dog-eat-dog world.

87
Mr. Showbiz
Richard Jameson
The final reel of Rosetta is like nothing else ever filmed, and it would be wrong to describe it.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
This devastating film is buoyed by Dequenne's bravura willingness to go all out; she's a baby-faced kid when the camera focuses full on and an exceptionally beautiful young woman in profile.

80
Slate
David Edelstein
Throughout this terse, entertaining parable (it won the grand prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival), the Belgian-born writer-directors Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne ("La Promesse," 1996) immerse you in the sensations of Rosetta's life.

80
Time
Richard Corliss
The purity of Dequenne's performance inspires awe.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Grabs you by the throat and won't let go.

80
Film.com
Peter Brunette
This kind of film, in its various manifestations recurring through the decades, gives us confidence that cinema can ultimately get to the heart of things.

75
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
Bleak, demanding stuff, and its hand-held documentary-style photography is harder on the stomach than "The Blair Witch Project."

75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Carries a strong emotional charge along with its valuable reminder of the suffering that youngsters may undergo when a heedless society overlooks their needs.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
The film's loose, scaled-down technique never turns gimmicky...but enhances the tension and intimacy of Rosetta's struggle.

70
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Pummeling, jagged, and extremely well-edited film.

70
TV Guide
Ken Fox
A psychologically acute profile of one teenaged girl obsessed with leading what she thinks of as normal life.

60
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Instead of feeling universal, the movie feels claustrophobic.

60
LA Weekly
Manohla Dargis
A portrait of dispossession so acute that it's caused a few critics to cry, Let her eat cake!

42
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
The Dardennes are talents, clearly. Watching Rosetta is like watching them flip you the bird.


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