L'esquive 2003

Critics score:
76 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: Mostly a monotonous din of kids trashing one another. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The verite fascinates, even if the artifice is obvious. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: Kechiche extracts breathtakingly disciplined performances from all of his first-time actors, and truly magical ones from Forestier as the prematurely full-blown diva Lydia and Sabrina Ouazani as Frida, her motor-mouthed partner in theatrical crime. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: This graceful and sympathetic look at how the lives of teenagers intersect with a work of literature won several César awards in France. Read more

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David Ng, Village Voice: Reading between the cuss words, the movie glimpses a sunny teen innocence just before it darkens irreversibly into adulthood. Read more