Fel a fejjel

A fiatalember jól játszik, és a sztori funkcionális fonala. De milyen céllal? Csak a vége felé szűnik meg a film hosszadalmas, unalmas és egyhangú nyomon követése egy kamasz lázadó ismétlődő túlkapásainak, és az azt követő nevelő beszélgetéseknek Denevue bírónővel. És ez a nézőben cseppnyi érdeklődést sem kelti fel a karakterek vagy bármiféle filmes élmény iránt. Csak a vége felé kezd benne végre történni valami, de egy átgondoltabb film már az első fél óra után előrukkolt volna vele, és ugródeszkaként használta volna a kielégítő dráma kibontakozásához. (2016.04.27)

The film has something to build on - a strong theme, a great lead actor, and the ability to procedurally portray the system of care for troubled teenagers, but it does not have enough skills to move beyond mere empathy and lack of opinion, which is replaced by symptomatic and very cumbersome choice of classical music (unfortunately, this is not The Kid with a Bike). Bercot certainly does not lack interest and feeling in working with actors, but unfortunately she lacks the ability to build this portrait of a sociopath urgently, dynamically and with the ability to bring the viewer out of his comfort zone... The result is only a fairly decent social drama. [Cannes 2015] (2015.05.14)

I can't help but feel that if it had ended differently, I might have appreciated it more, but as it is, it seems like the film paints something that isn't entirely realistic. Maybe that's how human destiny, at least in this rendition, might actually turn out. The lead actor, Rod Paradot, however, really took on his role excellently and portrayed it very well in all aspects. (2017.08.07)