Rotten
Mostly a monotonous din of kids trashing one another.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Games of Love and Chance
2003 · 2h 4m · N/A
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Abdellatif Kechiche
Overview
A group of teenagers living in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris rehearse a scene from Marivaux's play of the same name. Krimo is determined not to take part, but after developing feelings for Lydia, he quickly assumes the main role and love interest in the play.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It is a provocative and potentially rich premise, to be sure, but the execution here is somewhat lacking.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
This graceful and sympathetic look at how the lives of teenagers intersect with a work of literature won several César awards in France.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh
Kechiche extracts breathtakingly disciplined performances from all of his first-time actors, and truly magical ones from Forestier as the prematurely full-blown diva Lydia and Sabrina Ouazani as Frida, her motor-mouthed partner in theatrical crime.
Jan Stuart, Newsday
Fresh
A work of drama, it's more realistic than any TV reality show.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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