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By Laura Bushell (49) for BBC.com (1,500) on 18 Oct 2007

What makes this film a real gem is Kervel's brilliant performance, personifying this stage of growing up with a perfect balance of bratishness,…

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By Tom Dawson (244) for Total Film (3,532) on 18 Oct 2007

Cleaving to a child's-eye-view of a time of significant social change, documentarist-turned-feature director Julie Gavras elicits excellence…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Time Out (7,510) on 18 Oct 2007

A deft, original, entertaining and thoughtful look at that moment when we realise the world's just that bit more complicated than we thought…

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By Rob Daniel (202) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 18 Oct 2007

Illuminating, witty and touching, Blame it on Fidel is a gem just awaiting discovery…

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By David Parkinson (764) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 18 Oct 2007

A little gem with a wonderful performance from little Nina Kervel…

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By Bill White (195) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 17 Oct 2007

Gavras does not impose a political viewpoint upon her material, but respects the convictions of her various characters…

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By Mike M (2,387) on 13 Oct 2007

Claude Miller's L'Effrontee remains the high watermark light comedy about what it means to grow up young, rebellious and French, but Gavras's…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 27 Sep 2007

The film contains a surprising amount of understated humor…

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By Bernice C (10) on 17 Sep 2007

Wonderful to see a political film that is not didactic. the Family interction is not Maudlin and Sentimental but honest and funny…

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By Carina Chocano (358) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Sep 2007

Blame It on Fidel is the thoroughly engaging, clear-eyed and charming story of a little girl grappling with the domestic fallout of tumultuous…

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By Evan Henerson (54) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 13 Sep 2007

Gavras' film captures both the time period and the queasy inconsistencies of childhood. And in Kervel, Gavras has found a real gem…

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By Walter M (1,360) on 08 Sep 2007

[font=Arial]I was reminded of an exercise in relgion class(Catholic division) where we were shown how much more could be accomplished in a…

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By Andrés Z (6) on 31 Aug 2007

No other film at this year's annual Rendez-Vous With French Cinema managed to beautifully capture an evocation of history as much as Julie…

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By Raul Z (5) on 29 Aug 2007

Très bon film, où les enjeux politiques de l'après mai 68 sont vécus et interprétés par les yeux d'une enfant qui refuse de quitter son…

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By Cate N (3) on 28 Aug 2007

A thought provoking & entertaining movie! The young actors, especially Anna, were amazing, which is why it was such a pleasure to watch and remember…

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By Dan D (1,306) on 23 Aug 2007

Funny and poignant tale of a French girl whose parents turn political activists…

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By Stéphane N (5) on 17 Aug 2007

Such a sweet little film - a young French girl tries to comprehend the world of her leftist parents as Allende wins elections in Chile and…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 16 Aug 2007

Brilliantly, the movie becomes a double coming-of-age story. The parents' political awakening parallels their daughter's…

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By Catherine M (108) on 12 Aug 2007

I really like this. Proof that some french films are good…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 05 Aug 2007

But while Kervel will probably have to have her own children before she fully understands the changes parents go through, she's bound to adjust…

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