Fresh
Well-observed and unassuming as this film is, it glides along rather too blandly.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Overview
Fatima, an Algerian-born woman who now lives in France with her two teenage daughters, with whom she is barely able to communicate.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Honest, direct and dramatic without any sense of special pleading or situations pushed too hard.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
It's sometimes funny, but always empathetic, and Faucon wisely leaves many of the most dramatic moments off-screen.
Alissa Wilkinson, RogerEbert.com
Fresh
A small miracle of a film from the French director Philippe Faucon.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
Fatima has its heart in the right place, but there's something dehumanizing about Faucon's approach: These characters, it seems, are too important as representational objects to ever become real people.
Bilge Ebiri, Village Voice
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