the Dardennes have managed to concoct an engaging and often suspenseful drama without ever calling upon fancy camerawork, sensational performances, or even so much as a musical score.

There is a very short list of films that have actually made me physically ill. It's not necessarily a bad thing.

It doesn't need a lot of dialogue. It is able to deliver its message in almost purely cinematic terms.

A film about roads and cell phones, decaying buildings and people who ought to be budding, indifference masked by buffoonery, the belief that money just floats around.

An exploration of the existence of morality -- where does it come from, especially in a world as cold as what's presented here?

Un baldazo de realidad que confirma a los hermanos Dardenne como dos sensibles observadores de personajes marginales.

It's a thin story and the film is unremarkable in cinematic terms, except for the tension that the Dardennes manage to maintain, thanks to top performances from Jérémie Renier and Déborah François

"L'Enfant" follows in their fierce and unsparing tradition, a tale of a destitute young couple under extraordinary pressure from without and within.

Absolutely terrific.