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Depardon's palpable sense of respect for his subjects lends the film a geniality that would otherwise have been hard to fabricate. Apr 3, 2009 | Rating: 4/6 | Full Review…
Depardon's palpable sense of respect for his subjects lends the film a geniality that would otherwise have been hard to fabricate.
David Jenkins
There is a richness of fellow-feeling and lack of condescension in Raymond Depardon's study of rural farmers in the remote French countryside. Apr 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There is a richness of fellow-feeling and lack of condescension in Raymond Depardon's study of rural farmers in the remote French countryside.
Peter Bradshaw
For [Raymond Depardon], this is clearly a love letter to his home. It's easy to like, easy to respond to and easy to see why it had to be made. Aug 9, 2018 | Full Review…
For [Raymond Depardon], this is clearly a love letter to his home. It's easy to like, easy to respond to and easy to see why it had to be made.
Sarah Manvel
This could be the most sublime film you'll ever see about French cattle farming. Apr 9, 2009 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
This could be the most sublime film you'll ever see about French cattle farming.
Tim Robey
The interviews aren't that insightful, but they have a simple poignancy. Apr 9, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The interviews aren't that insightful, but they have a simple poignancy.
Edward Porter
It's an austere, rewarding film. Apr 9, 2009 | Full Review…
It's an austere, rewarding film.
Philip French
Though visually seductive, especially for anyone longing to escape the urban jungle, Modern Life is also to be admired for refusing to slide into postcard lyricism. Apr 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5
Though visually seductive, especially for anyone longing to escape the urban jungle, Modern Life is also to be admired for refusing to slide into postcard lyricism.
Jason Wood
Visually evocative and deeply moving on the theme of the deterioration of an ancient way of rural life. Apr 3, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Visually evocative and deeply moving on the theme of the deterioration of an ancient way of rural life.
David Parkinson
A low-key but genuinely insightful journey through a vanishing way of life. Apr 3, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
A low-key but genuinely insightful journey through a vanishing way of life.
Jon Fortgang
The pastoral beauty of the scenery and the lyrical journey of Depardon's camera are underscored by a sense of acute melancholy and hopelessness in this affecting film. Apr 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The pastoral beauty of the scenery and the lyrical journey of Depardon's camera are underscored by a sense of acute melancholy and hopelessness in this affecting film.
Wendy Ide
These are private people whose every careworn expression tells a story. It's during their silences that we see the real, human cost of progress. Apr 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
These are private people whose every careworn expression tells a story. It's during their silences that we see the real, human cost of progress.
Elliott Noble
The beautifully shot Modern Life is a richly compassionate tribute to its hardy subjects and their slowly vanishing way of life. Apr 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The beautifully shot Modern Life is a richly compassionate tribute to its hardy subjects and their slowly vanishing way of life.
Tom Dawson
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