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Manohla Dargis, New York Times: A sad movie that makes you feel bad, partly because it gives so little room to thought. Read more
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: "Illegal" will give people on both sides of the immigrant debate something to think about. Read more
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: Blunt, loud, and showboaty, Illegal suffers even more when compared with another recent Liege-set film about the horrors faced by paperless immigrants: the Dardennes' Lorna's Silence. Read more