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A wrenching, quietly violent psychodrama, Our Children has the courage to ask difficult questions, and the strength to leave the answers to the viewer.
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It's an interesting way to tell a story and a devastating journey, particularly since it's based on a real-life incident. Sep 19, 2013 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
It's an interesting way to tell a story and a devastating journey, particularly since it's based on a real-life incident.
Bill Goodykoontz
This is a taut psychological study, based on a true story, of the complexities of personal power relationships that begins with the kind of shattering revelation that would be the conclusion of most films. Aug 8, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This is a taut psychological study, based on a true story, of the complexities of personal power relationships that begins with the kind of shattering revelation that would be the conclusion of most films.
Kenneth Turan
There is no whodunit here -- the horror is plain in the opening shots -- and the how is presented with great restraint, but the why remains veiled and mysterious long after the film has ended. Aug 5, 2013 | Full Review…
There is no whodunit here -- the horror is plain in the opening shots -- and the how is presented with great restraint, but the why remains veiled and mysterious long after the film has ended.
Anthony Lane
The audience is held in a vise of claustrophobia, and every room seems full of tiny, screaming children. Aug 2, 2013 | Full Review…
The audience is held in a vise of claustrophobia, and every room seems full of tiny, screaming children.
Kate Muir
Lafosse's of the material has the feel of a psychological crime scene investigation. Aug 2, 2013 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Lafosse's of the material has the feel of a psychological crime scene investigation.
Eric Kohn
Our Children was inspired by a real-life Belgian tragedy, but director Joachim LaFosse has built that news item into his own micro-portrait of coercion dipped in kindness. Aug 2, 2013 | Full Review…
Our Children was inspired by a real-life Belgian tragedy, but director Joachim LaFosse has built that news item into his own micro-portrait of coercion dipped in kindness.
Ella Taylor
A brilliantly crafted example of contemporary storytelling, Lafosse's Our Children provides us an unique insight into a chillingly believable tale of scandal and subterfuge without ever succumbing to cheap, manipulative techniques. Feb 25, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A brilliantly crafted example of contemporary storytelling, Lafosse's Our Children provides us an unique insight into a chillingly believable tale of scandal and subterfuge without ever succumbing to cheap, manipulative techniques.
Patrick Gamble
It's well performed and unflinchingly disturbing, raising bold questions about patriarchy, parenting and mental health. Sep 5, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's well performed and unflinchingly disturbing, raising bold questions about patriarchy, parenting and mental health.
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
When the inevitable happens, Lafosse's restraint provokes dread - he's given us a real psychological understanding of the unthinkable. Aug 19, 2013 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
When the inevitable happens, Lafosse's restraint provokes dread - he's given us a real psychological understanding of the unthinkable.
Laura Clifford
Challengingly takes the anti-CNN approach to a horrific crime, as upsetting . . . in trying to make the unfathomable credible. . .the film is nuanced and thoughtful. Aug 13, 2013 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Challengingly takes the anti-CNN approach to a horrific crime, as upsetting . . . in trying to make the unfathomable credible. . .the film is nuanced and thoughtful.
Nora Lee Mandel
The title can refer to the children whose tragic death the film is based on but more subtly on the dependency of Mounir, a North African, on his adoptive father and that of the wife on Mounir. Aug 2, 2013 | Full Review…
The title can refer to the children whose tragic death the film is based on but more subtly on the dependency of Mounir, a North African, on his adoptive father and that of the wife on Mounir.
Louis Proyect
The film trades in a blank grimness that isn't emotionally involving as much as it is like watching some terrible accident you're helpless to prevent. Aug 2, 2013 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
The film trades in a blank grimness that isn't emotionally involving as much as it is like watching some terrible accident you're helpless to prevent.
Drew Taylor
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