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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1   "Thanks to its low-key naturalism and its seriousness of purpose tempered with occasional fly-on-the-wall humour, even those sitting in the back row will find themselves giving The Class their full and rapt attention."   Channel 4 Film   Anton Bitel "Again an austere but acutely observed drama with a quasi-documentary style, Entre les murs (The Class) impresses with its veracious tone and nuanced characterisations."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 4/5 "What initially bears the components of a typical retread of white-teacher-inspires-multi-ethnic-students melodrama turns out to be something much funnier than one might expect from the director of brooding dramas the likes of Time Out and Human Resources."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin A+ ""The Class" ("Entre les murs") proves to be worthy of its recent Palme d'Or win in Cannes, under the rigorous attention of director Laurent Cantet who spent a year of improvisation preparation before adapting it to the film's semi-improvised shoot."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey A "One of the best school pics ever made."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/5 "Un film tan realista que parece un documental ficcionado, y que se beneficia de la naturalidad de sus "actores". No es un film dramático tradicional, es más bien una reflexión sobre el sistema educativo y los vínculos dentro del salón de clase."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "The film could be a documentary for as natural as it feels, and the students -- all non-actors -- charmingly convey the silly, reckless enthusiasm of youth."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "The Class has considerable urgency and growing humor"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce A "Extraordinarily vivid and truthful...[an] incredibly honest and revealing film about public education in the age of multiculturalism and globalization."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 5/5 "A rounded and revealing portrait of a French teacher in a multiracial Parisian school and the challenges he faces in the classroom."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat A "The student-teacher movie finally done right...[it] unobtrusively doubles as a microcosmic exploration of France's failed melting pot society; Cantet handles the literal and the symbolic with dexterity, allowing both to exist independently."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3.5/4 "Those looking for answers to many of the most pressing junior high student/teacher issues won't find them here. What they will discover is a well-dramatized list of many of the most vexing questions."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "creates dramatic energy without a tightly delineated storyline"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 8/10 "The most authentic and honest film about high school students and teachers to date."   DVDTown.com   James Plath 54/100 "It's a strong testament to its crowd-pleasing nature that I'd begrudgingly recommend the movie in spite of its conceptual and ideological shortcomings."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman "But ultimately it's a fascinating, sometimes exhilarating movie that seems to make a genuine contact with the classroom, and shows us an educational system struggling, and managing, to survive."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 2.5/5 "thriambos toy kinimatografimenoy (alla ohi aparaitita kinimatografikoy) reality, tis aisthitikis enos ekfylismenoy sinema berite metekseligmenoy ston neoneorealismo, ton opoio o Cantet petyhainei me apsegadiasti eystohia"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 3/5 "What will rouse empathy and exasperation, though, is one teacher's attempt to act more like a colleague or mentor than an intimidating white male authority figure%u2014a teacher a student can call un ami."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner A- "[Cantet's] documentary-like drama is akin to an urban counterpoint to the more idyllic, country school room documented in 2002's "To Be and To Have," injected with some "To Sir, With Love" and a little bit of "Freedom Writers.""   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford A- "[Cantet's] documentary-like drama is akin to an urban counterpoint to the more idyllic, country school room documented in 2002's "To Be and To Have," injected with some "To Sir, With Love" and a little bit of "Freedom Writers.""   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Cantet's film lulls the spectator into the rhythms of the everyday reality of school, belying a very carefully coordinated narrative structure that only becomes apparent in its final act."   indieWIRE   Leo Goldsmith 3/5 "The film's stunt is to unveil a simple truth, and its reputation relies on the fact that other filmmakers have yet to make the jump."   Film Threat   Matthew Sorrento B+ "Boasting a clarity and consistency of vision that's as bracing as its naturalistic performances, [The Class] is vigorous, incisive, immediate."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 5/5 "Aposta na ambigüidade e na sensação de estarmos acompanhando os fatos à medida que estes se desenrolam num ambiente de improviso que sempre valoriza o acaso."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 5/5 "A profoundly honest approach helps this important film go far beyond the headlines to look into a multi-ethnic big-city schoolroom"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B+ "An astonishing achievement for writer-actor François Bégaudeau who adapted his own book for the screenplay and also stars in this absorbing film about the challenges of teaching in a public school."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A "...fresh and believable and its [non-actor] students act like real teenagers."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 7/10 "Unlike many American films centered on the classroom (Dangerous Minds and Freedom Writers come immediately to mind) there are no heroes in The Class, and no glorious victories."   Playback:stl   Sarah Boslaugh A "... filled with a world of real detail that blurs the line between documentary and fiction."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 8/10 "Earns top marks for creating its own truth."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 9/10 "Mostly without incident but bursting with messy humanity."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1