The Unknown Girl
2016, Crime/Mystery and thriller, 1h 53m
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The Unknown Girl isn't quite up to the standards of the Dardenne brothers' best work, but remains a well-acted effort that pays poignant -- albeit limited -- dividends. Read critic reviews
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Jenny Davin
Julien

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The last thing one expected was for the Belgian Dardenne brothers to dote on a murder mystery, particularly one involving a medico turned amateur sleuth that's fraught with coincidence like so much of what's already out there.
September 29, 2017 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review… -
The question that looms large here, lingering long after the closing credits, is whether, despite our human need for forgiveness, absolution is ever truly possible.
September 28, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
Jenny's search is a quest for atonement, not only for herself, but also for others. A physician of the body, she becomes a kind of physician of the soul, her clinic office a secular confessional, sealed by her ethic of doctor-patient confidentiality.
September 22, 2017 | Rating: A | Full Review… -
[Adlle] Haenel's deadpan performance makes this a tough sell, leaving only the common mechanisms of a suspense plot to move the drama forward.
September 21, 2017 | Full Review… -
"The Unknown Girl" is an imperfect but absorbing addition to the canon, a carefully plotted thriller of conscience in which Jenny spends most of the movie patiently and persistently atoning for her mistake.
September 14, 2017 | Full Review… -
Every Dardennes movie is worth seeing, and The Unknown Girl has all kinds of gripping undercurrents.
September 8, 2017 | Full Review…
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Dec 07, 2016The Dardennes offer us another engaging story shot in their usual naturalistic style to show us things that happen in the lives of common people, even though this time what happens seems a bit twistier than necessary and holds a lesser impact than their best works.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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