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Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: How often do you come across a soothing, unassuming film as gentle as this? Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Takes a provocative subject -- friendship and love between a Jew and a Muslim -- and makes it seem natural and wondrous. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: This modest, sentimental film looks nostalgically back on Paris in the mid-1960's and casts a loving, oblique glance at the French movies of that era. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: An appealing breeze of the French New Wave blows through the film. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Surely there is room in the movies for a small film with an unabashed, even old-fashioned but timeless humanist spirit - and a triumphant portrayal by a veteran star that is likely to be regarded as one of the year's best. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: A delicate, tender tale about how a good father can show up at unlikely times, bridging uneasy cultures -- and in doing so help a fragile bud of a boy bloom. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: You can't take your eyes off the aged beauty of 71-year-old Omar Sharif, who plays the title character in the delicate cross-cultural fable Monsieur Ibrahim with palpable delight. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Pierre Boulanger, who plays Moses, has an intelligent, awkward boyish charm, but most of the interest comes from Omar Sharif. Read more
Charles Ealy, Dallas Morning News: A joyful ode to life. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Excusez-moi, but I'd rather see Omar Sharif punching out croupiers in a casino than dispensing comfort and joy in this sugared-up tale. Read more
Marta Barber, Miami Herald: It is a treat to see Sharif back on the screen and Boulanger is a pleasure to watch. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: A small, sweet film about an old man ignoring all barriers to simply teach a young boy how to be an adult. And we can appreciate it and cherish it for that alone. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: Omar Sharif certainly doesn't disappoint in Monsieur Ibrahim. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: An intimate little gem. Read more
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: That rare film about the sort of emotionally needy people who don't wear their neediness on their sleeves. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The character interaction is pleasant, but there's only so much Sharif and Boulanger can do with the underwritten screenplay. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Its best scenes come as the characters are established and get to know one another. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: [Sharif] imbues this seemingly simple man with the wisdom that age brings the lucky ones -- his Ibrahim is a subdued Zorba the Greek. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: We've seen it dozens of times: Cute kid disarms perpetually grumpy old man. But the touching French drama Monsieur Ibrahim turns one of Hollywood's oft-worked formats inside-out: It's the old man who is cute and the kid who is the sourpuss. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: This cinematic plea for tolerance makes for more than tolerable viewing, thanks to Omar Sharif's title turn as the shop owner with a yen for aphorisms. Read more
Deborah Young, Variety: Sharif sparkles as a Turkish grocery store owner and self-styled philosopher who brings sunshine into the life of a lonely boy. Read more
Leslie Camhi, Village Voice: Unusual in its ambition to pose deep spiritual questions, but its enticing surfaces ... are the best thing about it. Read more