What to see this week? Here are our reviews of the latest films released in theaters or on a platform.
The animal kingdom : Survival instinct
« Starring Paul Kircher and Romain Duris, The animal kingdomsecond feature film by Thomas Cailley, tells a moving love story between a teenager and his father against the backdrop of a mysterious pandemic which transforms human beings into animal creatures,” writes our journalist Manon Dumais.
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How to Have Sex : (non-)consent on the big screen
“There lies the strength of the scenario (which, yes, comes down to precisely that) and especially of the acting, which manages to highlight all the complexity of human relationships in general, and of relationships between teenagers doped with hormones in particular . Girls and guys, it should be pointed out. All against a backdrop of lightness, an embarrassed smile here, a shy no there, an insistent yes further on, and we can guess the ending,” writes our journalist Silvia Galipeau.
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Suncoast : Challenging coming-of-age
“The mother-daughter relationship recounted in Suncoast is what distinguishes the first achievement of the American, seen in various series like Childrens Hospital And Grandfathered, and who wrote a few episodes. Although Doris takes care of her brother in an exemplary manner, her mother always asks for more and does not seem grateful. We tend to side with the young woman, but the more the story progresses, the more we feel the sadness and exhaustion of the mother, and the more we sympathize,” writes our journalist Pascal Leblanc.
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Lisa Frankenstein : Make the monster your prince charming
“Drawing so much from the codes of slasher only pure romantic comedy, Lisa Frankenstein suffers from this dispersion. Despite the few good ideas and the brilliant artistic direction, it is a story whose meaning is difficult to extract. The highlight of the show is undoubtedly the magnetic Kathryn Newton, who plays the character of Lisa brilliantly,” writes our journalist Audrey-Anne Blais.
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