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(1 - 8) of 8 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1   4/5 "Aside from a slight flabbiness ... Kechiche is to be praised for exploring the nature of change on a personal and a community level -- and packing the result with some emotional wallop."   Eye for Film   Amber Wilkinson "Kechiche projects onto the viewer an immigrant population's impatient longing for liberty, equality and success, concocting a dish that is no more bitter or half-baked than cultural exile itself."   Channel 4 Film   Anton Bitel "Though not all of the film's 151 minutes feel indispensable, the story and mise-en-scene of this immigrant family's daily struggles are so involving that it is still well worth seeing on the big screen."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 4/5 "A robust drama about and old man with a dream who is helped by a smart teenager and his large Franco-Arab family."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat "Time stretches out to the limits of endurance, Slimane's and ours, and there are moments toward the conclusion of this picture when you will want to scream and throw things at the screen, but it's mesmerizing. When it does end, suddenly, it feels a little"   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 4/5 "Thriambos toy sfihtoy senarioy me stoho kai apopsi kai tis aplis kinimatografisis me emfasi stin oysia tis, to La Graine et le Mulet einai eykola ap' tis kalyteres tainies tis hronias. To mono hreiazetai, einai to tharros na mpeis stin aithoysa, ki as' to"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 3.75/5 "Before you scoff at yet another benevolent look at a family straddling two cultures, Kechiche subtly subverts the genre."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner A- "...a boisterous, sprawling affair with time outs for small intimacies and a last act that defies expectations."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford  (1 - 8) of 8 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1