What to see this week? Here are our reviews of the latest films released in theaters or on a platform.
Adam is slowly changing : Perfectly offbeat
“UFO film, halfway between the initiatory story and the (parodied) adolescent comedy, Adam is slowly changing is an elusive little gem, both hilarious and heartbreaking, extremely uncomfortable. We’re laughing all the way through this first feature film, awarded at several festivals, by Joël Vaudreuil, known as the drummer for Avec pas d’casque, who we discover here as a keen observer of the teenage population, circa 1990. writes our journalist Silvia Galipeau.
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Robot Dreams : A friendship as strong as it is fragile
“Tired of the solitude in his apartment in Manhattan, Chien has an automaton friend delivered to him. He and Robot will enjoy perfect happiness until the day the metallic companion gets stuck on the beach », says our journalist Pascal Leblanc.
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The kidnapping (Rapito) : Baroque beauty
” With Pick up (Rapito in original Italian version), in competition at Cannes in 2023, Italian director Marco Bellocchio looks at a true story, the “Mortara affair”, which shook Italy in the 19the century: the kidnapping of a 6-year-old Jewish child in Bologna, on June 24, 1858, on the orders of the authority of Pius IX,” explains our journalist Luc Boulanger.
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The Watchers : Much to say, little to see
“ The Watchers is based on Irish myths which are not without interest, but presented flatly. Ishana Night Shyamalan, who herself adapted the book for the big screen, still skillfully directed her actors. They represent a fair range of possible reactions to a worrying environment,” writes our journalist Pascal Leblanc.
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Bad Boys – Ride or Die : The bell and the idiot
“ Bad Boys for Lifereleased in 2020, also by Adil and Bilall (Rebel, Ms. Marvel) and co-written by Chris Bremmer, was very effective. A plot that’s just crazy enough, a good mix of humor and action, endearing characters. We wonder how the same team could have failed like this for the future. The jokes are weak, the dialogues are hollow, the production is a cross between that of a video game and a music video, the narrative thread is both thin and complex,” writes our journalist Pascal Leblanc.
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