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Dheepan
2015
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Certified-fresh
$ 4 Million
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Dheepan
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9
Negative reviews
8
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1.0
Now we know with Midnight Special hes made one of the oddest films youll see all year.
Daily Mail
4.5
Indeed, violence is everywhere and it does not suffice to merely say it. It must be experienced.
4.0
This isnt about the rise and fall of criminal empires, its about one familys struggle to survive.
One Room With A View
1.5
While Dheepan has elevated the international renown of Jacques Audiard, this familiar refugee saga is perhaps his least cohesively formulated melodram ..
Ion Cinema
1.5
As far as placing literary classics in contemporary high school settings, 10 Things doesnt quite match the Jane Austen Emma adaptation Clueless, thoug ..
Film Frenzy
4.5
Dheepan isnt an overtly political film, despite the political backdrop and racial, economic and ethnic elements at play.
Battleship Pretension
4.5
The subtlety of this tale of three Tamil refugees pretending to be a family to fit into a first world society undoubtedly creates a very compelling dr ..
1.5
The French critic Vincent Malausa recently assailed Dheepan as arrogant and stupid. For some of us, its merely banal and forgettable.
Cinema Scope
1.5
The balance between social commentary and genre (there are some unbelievably gripping and suspenseful sequences) is well managed by Audiard at first.
Patrick Nabarro
1.5
Fnds resolution in a coda that turns maudlin thanks to an overblown music cue, but its a minor flaw in an otherwise strong film.
D Cist
4.5
A fascinating film that never judges its characters, including the duller ones that are just the product of the space they exist in.
4.5
It succeeds in wrapping up a story that wouldnt otherwise have a tidy ending, but jarring as it might seem to some doesnt minimize the accomplishment ..
Daily Public
1.5
The characters are inflicted with a series of melodramatic turns that blatantly contrast the meager good times with the bad.
Sd City Beat
4.5
A film that shocks and whose visual language is so vivid, the images linger long after the credits have rolled.
Dogandwolf
4.5
The viewer is so deeply invested in these characters and in their successful transition into life in France that the dynamite conclusion is heightened ..
1.5
Audiard manages to force viewers from so called First World countries to empathize with those who seek asylum or wish for a better life, while also re ..
Deep Focus Review
4.5
Never one to shy away from controversial themes, Audiard here explores the predicament of a former Tamil fighter rebuilding his life in France.
The Canberra Times (Austra ..
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