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Mostly a monotonous din of kids trashing one another. Oct 14, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4
Mostly a monotonous din of kids trashing one another.
Tom Keogh
It is a provocative and potentially rich premise, to be sure, but the execution here is somewhat lacking. Sep 16, 2005
It is a provocative and potentially rich premise, to be sure, but the execution here is somewhat lacking.
Frank Scheck
This graceful and sympathetic look at how the lives of teenagers intersect with a work of literature won several César awards in France. Aug 31, 2005 | Rating: 4/5
This graceful and sympathetic look at how the lives of teenagers intersect with a work of literature won several César awards in France.
A.O. Scott
Kechiche extracts breathtakingly disciplined performances from all of his first-time actors, and truly magical ones from Forestier as the prematurely full-blown diva Lydia and Sabrina Ouazani as Frida, her motor-mouthed partner in theatrical crime. Aug 31, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/4
Kechiche extracts breathtakingly disciplined performances from all of his first-time actors, and truly magical ones from Forestier as the prematurely full-blown diva Lydia and Sabrina Ouazani as Frida, her motor-mouthed partner in theatrical crime.
Jan Stuart
A work of drama, it's more realistic than any TV reality show. Aug 31, 2005 | Rating: 3/4
A work of drama, it's more realistic than any TV reality show.
V.A. Musetto
Reading between the cuss words, the movie glimpses a sunny teen innocence just before it darkens irreversibly into adulthood. Aug 30, 2005 | Full Review…
Reading between the cuss words, the movie glimpses a sunny teen innocence just before it darkens irreversibly into adulthood.
David Ng
Viewers here can't help but respond to the raw emotions and acting ability of the largely nonprofessional cast. Mar 1, 2007 | Full Review…
Viewers here can't help but respond to the raw emotions and acting ability of the largely nonprofessional cast.
Erica Abeel
Abdellatif Kechiche's beautifully observed tale of high-school kids in the projects outside Paris... plays like a Cassavetes project in a fresh, young mode. Oct 14, 2005 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Abdellatif Kechiche's beautifully observed tale of high-school kids in the projects outside Paris... plays like a Cassavetes project in a fresh, young mode.
Sean Axmaker
Games of Love and Chance plays like a French version of Jim McKay's Our Song. But, unlike McKay's superior American version, Kechiche is unable to transform the everyday lives of his characters into something meaningful. Sep 1, 2005 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Games of Love and Chance plays like a French version of Jim McKay's Our Song. But, unlike McKay's superior American version, Kechiche is unable to transform the everyday lives of his characters into something meaningful.
Jordan Reed
the positive messages of The Game... make it worthwhile, especially for younger auds with a spirit of adventure to see something not created for the multiplex Jul 5, 2005 | Rating: B | Full Review…
the positive messages of The Game... make it worthwhile, especially for younger auds with a spirit of adventure to see something not created for the multiplex
Robin Clifford
expertly evokes these kids' world, where a cell phone is an all important possession, hip hop slang the language of the day and their couplings the main topic of conversation. Jun 22, 2005 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
expertly evokes these kids' world, where a cell phone is an all important possession, hip hop slang the language of the day and their couplings the main topic of conversation.
Laura Clifford
An innovative romantic coming-of-age tale set in a tough ghetto area outside Paris populated mainly by Muslim kids from North Africa. Mar 29, 2005 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
An innovative romantic coming-of-age tale set in a tough ghetto area outside Paris populated mainly by Muslim kids from North Africa.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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