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(1 - 7) of 7 OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh Page   1   "The lead actors are hot and the living is easy in the French summertime idyll Le fils de l'epicier (The Grocer's Son)."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 6/10 "The plot of "The Grocer's Son" is familiar, but its impressionistic visual stylings are at once lyrical and precise, gestures toward character rather than pronouncements."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "How could a French audience not enjoy such a nostalgic look at a simpler and bucolic way of life?"   Filmcritic.com   Don Willmott 2/4 "A sweet tale of a man learning to care about others, The Grocer's Son is still simpleminded on a very fundamental level."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 3/4 "Director Eric Guirado has woven an endearing modern-day fable that offers a pleasant 90-minute respite from the worries to be found outside the theater doors."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Though its quiet pastoral charms may not change your life the way they do Antoine's, you'll find the scenery comforting, the humanity reassuring, and the story appealing."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards B "..the type of film that may convince you that life could not be sweeter than selling groceries by the side of the road in Provence."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford  (1 - 7) of 7 OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh Page   1