Fresh
Never sagging, it unfolds over 2 1/2 hours. Nothing is overexplained. Indeed, it takes us time to suss out Slimane's various familial relationships.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
The Secret of the Grain
It takes will, courage and determination to realise a dream. But most of all it takes family
2007 · 2h 31m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Abdellatif Kechiche
Overview
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Time stretches out to the limits of endurance, Slimane's and ours, and there are moments toward the conclusion of this picture when you will want to scream and throw things at the screen, but it's mesmerizing. When it does end, suddenly, it feels a little
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Rotten
A ponderous tragedy about put-upon manhood? A verite snoop into cultures that are sexually mingled but publicly uneasy? A pill to be swallowed in the name of serious filmgoing? Maybe all of these.
Dan Zak, Washington Post
Fresh
The Secret of the Grain takes one man, his children, their spouses and babies, his ex-wife, his girlfriend, her daughter, and his friends and turns it all into a masterpiece about the strange power of food -- to heal, unite, exasperate.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
Rather than observing this family, we feel we are part of it, and that draws us in as nothing else can.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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