Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

~ Richard Mowe -

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

~ Richard Mowe -

Audiard has assembled a remarkable team of actors

~ Richard Mowe -

Audiard has assembled a remarkable team of actors

~ Richard Mowe -

Dosch uses the true story to make wider observations about the often fraught relationships between humans and animals.

~ Richard Mowe -

Dosch uses the true story to make wider observations about the often fraught relationships between humans and animals.

~ Richard Mowe -

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The director shows how it’s not just Julie’s tennis skills that have been groomed by the coach but large aspects of her life.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a feeling of being in a constant movement, with cars and buildings whizzing by as Souleymane is rushing through the city, either riding his bike, or running from one type of public transport to the next.

~ Nikola Jovic -

There is a feeling of being in a constant movement, with cars and buildings whizzing by as Souleymane is rushing through the city, either riding his bike, or running from one type of public transport to the next.

~ Nikola Jovic -

The two siblings bond and the disparate threads of their relationship prove immensely touching as they ruminate on the lost years and chances.

~ Richard Mowe -

The two siblings bond and the disparate threads of their relationship prove immensely touching as they ruminate on the lost years and chances.

~ Richard Mowe -

The action is pacy but that doesn’t mean Courvoisier skims the surface.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The action is pacy but that doesn’t mean Courvoisier skims the surface.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A sugary delight with a delightfully bitter aftertaste.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A sugary delight with a delightfully bitter aftertaste.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The problem is that the new Emmanuelle is as completely unsexy, cold and sterile as the environment the titular protagonist inhabits.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

The problem is that the new Emmanuelle is as completely unsexy, cold and sterile as the environment the titular protagonist inhabits.

~ Marko Stojiljkovic -

Even if the result is not ultimately very surprising, it’s well handled, with a mature understanding and a depth of commitment to character.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Even if the result is not ultimately very surprising, it’s well handled, with a mature understanding and a depth of commitment to character.

~ Jennie Kermode -