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By Carisa P (1) on 23 Nov 2016

Thriller from beginning to end. I fell in love with so much but im yearning for more. Part 2 please…

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By Harold C (12) on 22 Nov 2016

Amazing and touching movie. Captivating and poignant. If you have Netflix (or not), watch it…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for MTV (492) on 22 Nov 2016

It's thrillingly, fiercely female. It takes the same neighborhood-boy-turns-hoodlum story we've seen for a century and simply flips the script…

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By Joelle Smith (11) for Black Girl Nerds (256) on 20 Nov 2016

Divines weaves together first love, religious identity, youth poverty, and then pure rage into a haunting story…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 17 Nov 2016

This is no simple story of girl power…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 17 Nov 2016

Divines, written and directed by French-Moroccan filmmaker Houda Benyamina, rivals Girlhood as a portrait of combustible banlieue femininity,…

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By Kevin Jagernauth (311) for The Playlist (3,871) on 15 Nov 2016

Benyamina displays an empathetic and insightful view of young women, and the challenges of growing up, even if the screenplay doesn’t always…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 11 Nov 2016

Maybe the final five minutes are a little too over the top, but the overwhelming impression is that Dounia has ambition and vision, a conviction…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 03 Oct 2016

[A]n absolute corker of a coming-of-age tale with a vividly drawn heroine and a blistering eye for the ironies of a life of crime…

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By Mike M (2,387) on 01 Sep 2016

Un seul mot : MAgniFiiiiiiiiique ! On passe par toutes les emotions avec ce film ! De la joie, l'amour, la haine à la peine…

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By Lee Marshall (157) for Screen International (2,241) on 23 May 2016

Fizzing with ideas, as difficult to pin down as its heroine, Divines keeps generating electricity long after the lights have gone down…

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By Catherine Bray (216) for Variety (12,700) on 21 May 2016

In her aces debut feature Divines, Houda Benyamina has what ought to be a career-making film on her hands…

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By Jordan Mintzer (201) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 21 May 2016

Benyamina has a hard time maintaining her film's pace and plausibility, especially during a third act that slides too far into genre territory…

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