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In tune with the emotion and tribulations of childhood, Tomboy is a charming movie that treats its main subject with warmth and heart.
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Tomboy is a lovely reminder that the French have long been famous for a quite different sort of film-about children. June 19, 2013 | Full Review…
Tomboy is a lovely reminder that the French have long been famous for a quite different sort of film-about children.
Stanley Kauffmann
Brisk, precisely observed, and bracingly non-preachy in its examination of a very tricky subject. March 7, 2012 | Full Review…
Brisk, precisely observed, and bracingly non-preachy in its examination of a very tricky subject.
Jon Frosch
Writer and director Celine Sciamma adorns the thorny dilemma with resonant allusions to gender roles... January 27, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Writer and director Celine Sciamma adorns the thorny dilemma with resonant allusions to gender roles...
Joe Williams
Modestly conceived and executed. January 26, 2012 | Full Review…
Modestly conceived and executed.
J. R. Jones
"Tomboy" is tender and affectionate. January 26, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
"Tomboy" is tender and affectionate.
Roger Ebert
"Tomboy," a brief and sweetly refreshing French film, is the story of a lie. January 5, 2012 | Rating: 3/4
"Tomboy," a brief and sweetly refreshing French film, is the story of a lie.
Moira MacDonald
Tomboy falls apart when it comes time to deal with the stakes at hand, an irresponsibly rushed third act that squanders the film's ample goodwill. May 9, 2020 | Full Review…
Tomboy falls apart when it comes time to deal with the stakes at hand, an irresponsibly rushed third act that squanders the film's ample goodwill.
Ian Thomas Malone
For much of the film, Mikhael is prevailingly happy. They have no label for their new gender presentation, and perhaps it's too early to define it, although as an adult, modern audience we may see them as trans or non-binary. [TOP 50 FILMS OF THE DECADE] December 4, 2019 | Full Review…
For much of the film, Mikhael is prevailingly happy. They have no label for their new gender presentation, and perhaps it's too early to define it, although as an adult, modern audience we may see them as trans or non-binary. [TOP 50 FILMS OF THE DECADE]
Orla Smith
Should make people sit up and pay attention, not only due to Sciamma's naturalistic script and instinctive directing, but also the remarkable ensemble of young talent that she has consolidated into one film. November 27, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Should make people sit up and pay attention, not only due to Sciamma's naturalistic script and instinctive directing, but also the remarkable ensemble of young talent that she has consolidated into one film.
Sophie Kingston-Smith
Affecting, well-envisioned and delicately captured. August 13, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Affecting, well-envisioned and delicately captured.
Jamie Neish
Since we are dealing with fresh-faced tweens, we are spared the gender histrionics to be found in the likes of The Crying Game or Boys Don't Cry. Those are indeed bigger films. But sometimes small things can pay off quite nicely. November 5, 2013 | Full Review…
Since we are dealing with fresh-faced tweens, we are spared the gender histrionics to be found in the likes of The Crying Game or Boys Don't Cry. Those are indeed bigger films. But sometimes small things can pay off quite nicely.
Chris Chang
Far from surprising at any point, Tomboy nonetheless holds one's attention though its sheer force of observation. July 24, 2012 | Rating: 52/100 | Full Review…
Far from surprising at any point, Tomboy nonetheless holds one's attention though its sheer force of observation.
Jeremy Heilman
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