What to watch this week? Here are our reviews of the latest films released in theaters or on a platform.
A Quiet Place – Day One : Of sounds and emotions
“We hoped that the third A Quiet Place widens the lens in relation to the invasion of our planet. Well-crafted, the story remains intimate and preserves the mystery of the aliens. A refreshing choice, because so many prequels have made the mistake of explaining everything. We are still somewhat hungry for a fourth part, writes our journalist Pascal LeBlanc.
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Fancy Dance : Dancing, Despair and Bad Decisions
“Erica Tremblay, who is making her first feature film after several documentaries and episodes of Reservation Dogs, tackles difficult themes with finesse while filtering enough light to avoid sinking into miserabilism. Without artifice, it maintains good tension which leaves you guessing about the outcome. Fancy Dance is however more a story about the difficulties of a community and the general indifference towards it than a breathless thriller. Thanks to its craftswomen, it is above all a human drama,” summarizes Pascal LeBlanc.
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Marie-Line and her judge : Change route
“During the conversations between Marie-Line and her judge, where each will obviously learn from the other, and vice versa, it is clear that there is an irresistible chemistry between the exuberant Louane Emera and the phlegmatic Michel Blanc. Faced with the giant of comedy, whose gaze betrays the sadness of the character, the revelation of The Aries family, by Éric Lartigau, does not let this impose itself. This tandem, as unexpected as it is sympathetic, certainly proves to be the winning element of this dramatic comedy with melancholic accents sewn with pink thread,” explains journalist Manon Dumais.
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Melt : Solidarity worm
“In wanting to urgently translate his visceral fear of the loss of Quebec identity, its culture and its language, Simon Lavoie delivers a convoluted story with an ambiguous finale. The result is a hodgepodge of outdated political ideas, more indigestible than unusual, in the form of a psychotronic film, whose poor special effects will make some people laugh and others flee,” writes Manon Dumais.
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