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(1 - 22) of 22 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1   "dramatises the clash of 'pure' economics with other values, as Lorna struggles to undo the immorality of her acquiescent inaction... The effect is (quietly) devastating."   Little White Lies   Anton Bitel 3.5/4 "Clever and affecting"   Film Freak Central   Bill Chambers 3.5/5 "feels like a summation of the Dardenne's work so far"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin A- "This is one powerful film that stays with you."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 9/10 "Even as the camera follows Lorna, it never quite keeps up, though it's unclear whether she's eluding your interpretation or her own."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "...the film is rife with precisely the sort of elements that one has come to associate with the brothers' body of work..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 3.5/4 "Lorna, the young Albanian immigrant at the center of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's Lorna's Silence, is both the newest addition to the twin auteurs' gallery of spiritually anguished outsiders, and a subtle departure from it."   Slant Magazine   Fernando F. Croce B "The Dardennes have once again captured the harsh reality of the modern underclass while also injecting a note of moral hopefulness into what might have been a bleak and heartless tale."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "Sobering drama about a poor Albanian woman living in Belgium and trying to keep her head above water in hard times."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 57/100 "It’s undeniable that the specificity relayed in every moment of the depiction of Lorna’s humdrum existence trumps the vagueness that surrounds her spiritual awakening."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 57/100 "It’s undeniable that the specificity relayed in every moment of the depiction of Lorna’s humdrum existence trumps the vagueness that surrounds her spiritual awakening."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 5/5 "It’s an entirely new world that we’re left in -- a place where the rules of the movie we’ve just experienced no longer apply."   Time Out New York   Keith Uhlich 3/5 "Lorna's Silence is one of the few films in current release which left me wanting more."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner B+ "... a strong character study set within a compelling morality tale."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford B+ "A penetrating, deceptively sly interior portrait."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 3/5 "Se fascina por sua abordagem narrativa realista, o frágil roteiro dos Dardenne acaba comprometendo o resultado final."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 3/5 "Se fascina por sua abordagem narrativa realista, o frágil roteiro dos Dardenne acaba comprometendo o resultado final."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca "It may be the weakest film that the Dardenne's have made to date but that still puts it head-and-shoulders over the best efforts of too many others to mention."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "The Dardenne brothers bring their straightforward realism to this haunting story set in a shady world where marriage is exchanged for European citizenship. But in the end, the story's too bleak to coalesce into something important."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 8/10 "A passionate exploration by the Dardenne brothers into greed and the power of men to do endless harm in the context of international politics."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 8/10 "In a just world, the Dardenne brothers would be as well known as the Coens; outside the United States they probably are already."   Playback:stl   Sarah Boslaugh "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 22) of 22 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1