Drôle de Félix 2000

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Although the movie never so much as flirts with melodrama, there is still a bittersweet undercurrent throughout Adventures of Felix. Read more

Tom Sime, Dallas Morning News: We realize early on that nothing much is going to happen ... and it's hard to stay fully engaged with a film that, frontal nudity notwithstanding, plays it so safe. Read more

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: [Bouajila's] understated charisma gives this diaphanous whimsy a spark of life. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: An odyssey of self-discovery of much charm, humor and admirable subtlety. Read more

Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle: Bouajila, as Felix, has a freshness that seems natural, even though he is an experienced actor. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Narratively, what we have here is a basic road movie, a genre that too often doubles as an excuse to hide a flawed script -- merely an episodic series of loose vignettes. Read more

Paul Malcolm, L.A. Weekly: It would all be too obviously feel-good if Ducastel and Martineau weren't also tuned in to the liberating drift of the open highway and a sharp native humor that adds needed flesh and blood to their walking metaphors. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: A nuanced road picture that juggles issues of family, racism and identity as smartly as any film since My Beautiful Laundrette. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: A delightful film. Read more

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Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: [Bouajila's] quietly forceful performance rises miles above the melodrama while somehow keeping the movie firmly on the ground. Read more