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2010
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Positive Reviews
31
Negative reviews
3
Average Rating
3.6
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1.5
But the harshness of Kisses clashes with the movies more fanciful side (as represented by those ersatz Dylans), and ultimately, it just isnt that orig ..
Av Club
3.5
Unfortunately, much of this transition takes place in an overabundance of music montages, as the kids giddily bound about town to the tune of gentle p ..
Indie Wire
3.0
The story aims to highlight a turning point in these constricted lives when these two can still choose to rise above or be beaten down by their surrou ..
Time Out
4.5
The source of his anger is never made clear, though Dylans mother doesnt help.
Collider
3.8
A coming of age drama so Irish youll want to take out your Pogues lyric sheets beforehand to brush up on Gaelic mumbling.
The Globe And Mail
4.0
One terrifying incident brings out Dylans heroism and demonstrates to Kylie how much he cares.
Spirituality And Practice
4.0
The movies ending may be less satisfying than that of Slumdog Millionairea film you can love for its infectiously wishful exuberance, but never fully ..
Village Voice
3.5
And in the end, it delivers its message about tolerance and diversity with grace and humour.
Shadows On The Wall
5.0
The sharply written script is refreshingly free from sentimentality and the developing relationship between the two leads is both well written and ext ..
View London
3.2
This is a rather literal minded but surprisingly effective rendition of the kids predicament, perhaps because its in keeping with the rest of the film ..
Cs Monitor
2.5
What the writer and director, Lance Daly, means as some kind of transporting urban adventure for them is a disenchanting slog for us.
Boston
4.0
The child actors are first rate, though the movie should be shown in a double bill, possibly with Shane Meadowss 72 minute Somers Town.
Guardian
3.0
A worthwhile film with real acting and directing talent, though probably best regarded as an extended short.
Guardian
4.2
But luck has nothing to do with the filmmakers skill working with his young players to create scenes that convey jumbled feelings of fear, rebellion, ..
Ew
4.0
Captivating and poignant portayal of life on the edge for the disregarded of our societies.
Empire
1.9
At first emulating the grit found in the films of Ken Loach, then the Irish humanism of Jim Sheridan, but in the main fairy tales from Grimm to pretee ..
Slant Magazine
4.0
BOY wizard Harry Potter is making us play a very clever waiting game.
Express
4.0
How to escape if you cant escape.Thats the quandary posed by writer/director Lance Dalys enchanting indie.
Total Film
4.0
Focusing on children but not for them, the film delivers a great deal by not promising too much.
Los Angeles Times
3.8
Much is due to its young cast, a couple of amateurs found in the citys schools.Shane Curry as young Dylan is quiet, brooding and ultimately heroic.
Nj
3.2
Its just barely a feature length movie, yet it includes several running time stretching montages.
Oregon Live
3.0
As a film it is uneven but as a news document it is uncompromising and compelling.Final Cut 3 A RAW and compelling documentary.
Mirror
3.0
Relying on impressive performances from the young leads and Dalys poignant direction, Kisses simply lacks narrative incident and would fare far better ..
Digital Spy
3.8
Its not a very merry Christmastime for pre teens Kylie and Dylan, neighbors on the fringes of Dublin in an area of rundown houses called kips in Irish ..
New York Post
5.0
Carried by gifted untrained leads who turn in inspired performances in their acting debuts, this raw tale of woe ultimately proves to be as riveting a ..
News Blaze
3.5
Kisses is compelling and amusing, breathtaking at times in its ability to put these kids in harms way and slip them out of it with imagination and ner ..
Hollywood And Fine
3.8
Its a film for a wanderers spirit, with marvelous cinematography communicating the wonder and danger of this passage.
Brian Or Ndorf
4.5
Inception is essentially a refreshing, well needed oasis in a year inundated with dumbed down, unoriginal and forgettable blockbusters.
Nyc Movie Guru
4.5
This meticulously researched documentary tells the intensely moving story.
Hollywood Chicago
2.0
September 21, 2018 Henry Jamess tricks and traps; how to read Anglo Saxon poetry; the modern context of USIran relations; dissent, protest, satire and ..
Entertainment Times Online ..
3.8
I havent yet decided what this means; the shifting light may be an omen, a soft play on Kylies emotions or another enchanted kiss.But its arresting.
Chron
3.0
Their magical odyssey a beautifully signed by Daly switching from black and white to depict their grim home life to rich colour a has moments of whims ..
Metro
3.5
Steinbauers doc, with its ostensibly pathetic echoes of Best Worst Movie and the lonely recesses of cult worship, resists following its subject to a n ..
East Bay Express
3.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
4.0
Equal parts Little Fugitive, 400 Blows and Sweet Sixteen (minus the knife to the throat violence.
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