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Vincent Canby, New York Times: Read more
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com: Director Laurent Cantet has pulled together a story that feels startlingly authentic, using Mike Leigh-like methods of extensive improvisation with a cast of real inner-city kids and a real teacher. To paraphrase the Buck Owens/Beatles hit, all they had Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Read more