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It isn't necessarily an easy watch, but thanks to Netzer's interesting direction and a riveting performance from Gheorghiu, Child's Pose is rewarding.
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Despite these effective touches, the film eventually becomes a bit monotonous: it's clear from very early on that Cornelia is a terrible person, but this doesn't stop Netzer from hammering home the point. May 19, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Despite these effective touches, the film eventually becomes a bit monotonous: it's clear from very early on that Cornelia is a terrible person, but this doesn't stop Netzer from hammering home the point.
Jake Wilson
A dark piece of neorealism - and a searing indictment of Eastern Europe's newly moneyed classes ... Apr 11, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A dark piece of neorealism - and a searing indictment of Eastern Europe's newly moneyed classes ...
Steven Rea
A Romanian political allegory - in Romanian - might sound like tough sledding, but thanks to a searing performance by Luminita Gheorghiu, "Child's Pose" is anything but. Apr 3, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A Romanian political allegory - in Romanian - might sound like tough sledding, but thanks to a searing performance by Luminita Gheorghiu, "Child's Pose" is anything but.
Bill Goodykoontz
Perversely engrossing thanks to Gheorghiu's performance as the queen of denial. Mar 20, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Perversely engrossing thanks to Gheorghiu's performance as the queen of denial.
John Anderson
Netzer crafts not only a chilling story of family dysfunction, but also an illuminating look into the corruption and decay of the Romanian bourgeoisie - without ever overplaying his hand. It all appears so effortless, when in fact it's so skillful. Mar 20, 2014 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Netzer crafts not only a chilling story of family dysfunction, but also an illuminating look into the corruption and decay of the Romanian bourgeoisie - without ever overplaying his hand. It all appears so effortless, when in fact it's so skillful.
David Lewis
A fascinating, troubling and finally controversial portrait of maternal anxiety at its most smotheringly neurotic. Mar 13, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A fascinating, troubling and finally controversial portrait of maternal anxiety at its most smotheringly neurotic.
Ann Hornaday
Gheorghiu's performance is so complex, so nimble and unpredictable, it's breathtaking. Apr 3, 2019 | Rating: 7.5/10 | Full Review…
Gheorghiu's performance is so complex, so nimble and unpredictable, it's breathtaking.
Bernard Boo
Child's Pose locks you into its complex tale of emotional (and familial) blackmail from the very beginning, whilst never feeling the need to descend into out-and-out melodramatic. Mar 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Child's Pose locks you into its complex tale of emotional (and familial) blackmail from the very beginning, whilst never feeling the need to descend into out-and-out melodramatic.
Daniel Green
Filled with strong performances, especially from Gheorghiu, who makes out of Cornelia something more than just a campy overbearing matron. Aug 31, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Filled with strong performances, especially from Gheorghiu, who makes out of Cornelia something more than just a campy overbearing matron.
Pat Padua
By the time Child's Pose ended all I could do was say "Man, that was a great movie." Aug 26, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
By the time Child's Pose ended all I could do was say "Man, that was a great movie."
Terence Johnson
From a beginning that merely sketches the outlines of Cornelia's upper-class existence - she could be a contender for "The Real Housewives of Bucharest" - "Child's Pose" takes on more emotional substance as it develops. Feb 16, 2018 | Full Review…
From a beginning that merely sketches the outlines of Cornelia's upper-class existence - she could be a contender for "The Real Housewives of Bucharest" - "Child's Pose" takes on more emotional substance as it develops.
Steve Erickson
... transmits the nervousness present in the tortuous relationship between mother and child and social tensions. [Full review in Spanish] Dec 12, 2017 | Full Review…
... transmits the nervousness present in the tortuous relationship between mother and child and social tensions. [Full review in Spanish]
Hugo Hernández Valdivia
Gheorghiu is fabulous as the monstrous, over-controlling bourgeois mother in this sharp amalgam of social critique and family drama that even manages to make us feel pity towards her, conveying a world of complexities in its details, dialogue and characters' behavior.
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