Fresh
The film is a matter of Brenda Blethyn's performance vs. Sotigui Kouyate's presence.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Overview
After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It would be nice to say that Bouchareb, who also wrote and directed "Days of Glory" and "Outside the Law," succeeds. He does not entirely. But he doesn't fail, either.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh
Blethyn and Kouyate inhabit and expand the film's earnestly instructive intentions, leaving us with a deeply-felt experience rather than a naively-sketched lesson.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten
"London River'' features on-target acting by its two leads, but they receive scant support from the wobbly plot.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
Demonstrates how great acting can infuse a banal, politically correct drama with dollops of emotional truth.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
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