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By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 Jan 2019

Capernaum is as close to unfiltered truth as the screen or the audience can handle…

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By Andy Crump (279) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 29 Jan 2019

[Nadine] Labaki's filmmaking suggests uncertainty at best and lack of confidence at worst…

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By Fong K (647) on 28 Jan 2019

Kudos for Nadine Labaki, the first female Arab filmmaker to be nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, for her heart-wrenching social-realist…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 26 Jan 2019

The acting is fine throughout, and director Labaki (she plays Zain's lawyer) has a genius for handling untutored performers like Al Rafeea…

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By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 26 Jan 2019

The title translates to chaos, and chaos is exactly what Nadine Labaki's brutal, unflinching film depicts in boiling down a worldwide crisis…

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By Guillermo R (32) on 26 Jan 2019

One of the best films of any year. I saw it at the legendary Film Forum in NYC…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 25 Jan 2019

A Cannes Jury Prize-winner, Capernaum is a triumph…

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By Leslie Combemale (11) for Cinema Siren (10) on 24 Jan 2019

It's like Slumdog Millionaire, but without any of its optimism, and it's all the better for it…

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By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 23 Jan 2019

This emotionally gripping but flawed work ticks all the checkboxes for a work that festival fans love: a tough social-realist drama centered…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 23 Jan 2019

Capernaum is a hard, hard watch meant to force comfortable moviegoers out of their bubbles of ease…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 19 Jan 2019

The plight of the powerless - children, the poor, undocumented immigrants - in [Labaki's] home country must be a cause close to her heart because…

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By Janet Smith (81) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 17 Jan 2019

Al Rafeea and Shiferaw ground Labaki's empathetic story in beautifully natural performances…

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By Tyler F (236) on 16 Jan 2019

Brilliant, just brilliant! Get goosbumps everytime I think about the movie…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 16 Jan 2019

Capernaum is a tough slog, no doubt, even by tough-slog standards. But that’s a big part of what makes it so rewarding…

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By Kayan (1) on 14 Jan 2019

Capernaum is a movie full of compassion and heart, which is not to be mistaken as poverty porn as some have claimed it to be…

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By Brent_Marchant (762) on 12 Jan 2019

It's a rare feat that a film is able to simultaneously warm and break your heart at the same time, but this intense, involving Lebanese offering…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Washington City Paper (500) on 11 Jan 2019

Capernaum is an immersive film that you can't shake about a child that everyone else has forgotten…

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By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 11 Jan 2019

Labaki's direction, paired with the outstanding and moving portrayals by Zain Al Rafeea and Yordanos Shiferaw...results in a gut-wrenching,…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 11 Jan 2019

A film that explicitly argues against bringing children into the world under difficult circumstances while relying for its narrative hook and…

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By Johanna Schneller (84) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 11 Jan 2019

Labaki is bearing witness here, and Capernaum (the name means “chaos”) doesn’t flinch from the fact that there are villains in the system…

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