The Misfortunates

Name: The Misfortunates
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: April 9, 2010
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 54

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NeoClassics Films | Release Date: April 9, 2010 | Not Rated

Summary: Gunther Strobbe, 13, lives with his father and three uncles at his grandmother’s house. Every day he is faced with their drinking, fighting, and shameful laziness. Gunther must find a way to escape this misfortune or he will end up in the same situation as his derelict family. [NeoClassics Films]

Director: Felix Van Groeningen

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 108 min

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Steven Rea

There's whimsy and raunchy humor here, but also an underlying sense of darkness and despair. Read full review

Duane Byrge

While The Misfortunates careens with madcap hilarity through the Strobbe's tumultuous lives, it also resonates with its serious story undercurrent. In essence, it is the story of a boy's struggle to survive, and, in this case, evolve. Read full review

Chuck Wilson

Deftly mixing the visual exuberance of “Trainspotting” with the familial pathos of “Angela’s Ashes,” the gifted van Groeningen offers gleeful depictions of drinking contests and naked bicycle races that gradually give way to a sense of moral peril for young Gunther. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Often very funny, and the rolling remember-when vignettes trump the typical low-country wild-hairy-man sideshows. Read full review

Aaron Hillis

Adapted from Dimitri Verhulst’s semi-autobiographical novel with a flair that recalls the squalor-and-dazzle visuals of “Trainspotting,” Felix Van Groeningen’s highly entertaining tale is full of hilarity, horror and heartbreak (sometimes within the same scene). Read full review

V.A. Musetto

The acting is super -- these guys know how to be sweet and disgusting -- and the story provides its share of laughs. But after a while, the one-note movie, directed by Felix van Groeningen, grows tiresome. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

The title of The Misfortunates really applies to any audiences unlucky enough to sit through it. Read full review

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island

Oct 14, 2011

A great movie about a guy who makes the same "mistake" his father made. It shows the life of a young boy, Gunther, who grows up in poor circumstances.

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