What to see this week? Here are our reviews of the latest films released in theaters or on a platform.
The Marvels : Yes, girls are fun!
“The director of Candyman and of Little Woods offers the shortest film in the MCU thanks to a sustained pace and a good balance between action and the exposition of the facts. Despite a few drawbacks – slow start, incidental issues, Samuel L. Jackson underused –, The Marvels reminds us that the main mission of Marvel films is to entertain,” writes journalist Pascal LeBlanc.
The Holdovers : Return to form
“The plot of The Holdoversa sort of cross between Dead Poets Society by Peter Weir and The Breakfast Club by John Hughes, is nothing very surprising or original. We know straight away which woodgrain-clad family car we’re getting into. But under the magnifying glass of Alexander Payne, this learning story on the razor’s edge between drama and comedy finds all its singularity,” writes our columnist Marc Cassivi.
Gamma rays : Probing the soul of Saint-Michel
“As a spiritual continuation ofWest of Pluto, Gamma rays is a captivating fresco about adolescence that does justice to the complexity of this time of life. And which stays far away from the caricatured representations that we too often reserve for young people,” writes our journalist Audrey-Anne Blais.
The passion of Dodin Bouffant : Sleek but smooth
“French quality, in the culinary art (three-star Michelin chef Pierre Gagnaire acted as consultant) and cinematographic art, is expressed through this elegant, but academic and smooth film, chosen to represent France at the next Oscar ceremony in the category of best international film,” writes our columnist Marc Cassivi.