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Custody uses formal restraint -- and a series of searing performances -- to take a hard-hitting look at the often painful bond between parents and children.
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This is taut, engrossing filmmaking on a crucial subject. March 9, 2020 | Full Review…
This is taut, engrossing filmmaking on a crucial subject.
Ben Sachs
Mr. Legrand is skilled in the techniques of dread and suspense, and without sensationalizing or cheapening the story, he gives this closely observed drama the tension and urgency of a thriller. April 17, 2019 | Full Review…
Mr. Legrand is skilled in the techniques of dread and suspense, and without sensationalizing or cheapening the story, he gives this closely observed drama the tension and urgency of a thriller.
A.O. Scott
Custody makes gripping drama from a difficult subject. September 27, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Custody makes gripping drama from a difficult subject.
Paul Byrnes
Legrand in his feature debut shows laudable technical ability and discipline. July 26, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Legrand in his feature debut shows laudable technical ability and discipline.
Peter Keough
As in all good movies of this kind, the ordeal of the children is not skimped. They bear the brunt, and the legacy, of the anguish. July 20, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
As in all good movies of this kind, the ordeal of the children is not skimped. They bear the brunt, and the legacy, of the anguish.
Peter Rainer
Legrand... seems precociously adept at turning the screws of suspense... July 16, 2018 | Full Review…
Legrand... seems precociously adept at turning the screws of suspense...
Anthony Lane
[Legrand's] screenplay bravely explores the darker side of spousal separation, the use of children as weapons and domestic violence, all of which elevate this simple drama to something quite terrifying. November 11, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
[Legrand's] screenplay bravely explores the darker side of spousal separation, the use of children as weapons and domestic violence, all of which elevate this simple drama to something quite terrifying.
Katie Smith-Wong
It demands a certain predisposition to assume the extreme simplicity of the story, its development without surprises and its relatively plane characters [Full Review in Spanish]. July 20, 2019 | Full Review…
It demands a certain predisposition to assume the extreme simplicity of the story, its development without surprises and its relatively plane characters [Full Review in Spanish].
John Tones
Writer-director Xavier Legrand's confronting debut feature grabs the hot-potato topic of domestic violence and runs to the depths of hell with it. July 7, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Writer-director Xavier Legrand's confronting debut feature grabs the hot-potato topic of domestic violence and runs to the depths of hell with it.
Andiee Paviour
More than most horror movies, this will make you want to scream at the screen. And it should produce those reactions, at least for those with a beating heart in their chest. April 29, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
More than most horror movies, this will make you want to scream at the screen. And it should produce those reactions, at least for those with a beating heart in their chest.
C.H. Newell
[Custody] packs a concentrated gut punch of tension and trauma as he chronicles the fallout of a divorce that has turned from bitter to septic. April 20, 2019 | Full Review…
[Custody] packs a concentrated gut punch of tension and trauma as he chronicles the fallout of a divorce that has turned from bitter to septic.
Marshall Shaffer
Custody is heartbreaking, but never feels manipulative, thanks to the believable performances. March 22, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Custody is heartbreaking, but never feels manipulative, thanks to the believable performances.
Filipe Freitas
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