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By Shirley Sealy (140) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 23 Jul 2015

The film does a splendid job of seriously revealing the kind of injustices done to undocumented aliens…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for AV Club (2,778) on 22 Jul 2015

On the evidence of their worldwide smash The Intouchables, as well as their latest comedy-drama Samba, writer-directors Olivier Nakache and…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 22 Jul 2015

Satisfying in a way that too few American films remember how to be...a movie that stays with you, something not many films manage to do any more…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 21 Jul 2015

Effectively the Diet version of films by Ken Loach and the Dardenne brothers, but it is thorny and prickly and not grossly manipulative…

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By Abbey Bender (99) for Village Voice (8,525) on 20 Jul 2015

Samba's relationship with Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a volunteer at an immigration advocacy center, has moments of sweetness, but is painted…

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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 03 May 2015

A final reel false-step pushes things into the realms of overcooked melodrama, but for the most part it's entertainingly upbeat fare…

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By Lauren Carroll Harris (50) for Concrete Playground (635) on 02 May 2015

It's the filmic equivalent of Cafe del Mar easy listening: it's watchable…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 30 Apr 2015

There are no weak links in the cast and Tahar Rahim is good value as a bubbly Brazilian, willing to package himself as an exotic to get on…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 30 Apr 2015

Overlong and leisurely, Samba is still a charmer thanks to the performances of the two stars…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 29 Apr 2015

The plotting is predictable but the film has heart and charm all the same…

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By Kate Muir (612) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 29 Apr 2015

Samba is blessed with the large presence of Omar Sy…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 29 Apr 2015

It is refreshing that this story does not simply unravel into miserablism, but the film’s weird narrative leaps are implausible and jarring…

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By Mike Mccahill (552) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 29 Apr 2015

Sy is such an attentive listener in close-up that you instantly grasp the frazzled Alice’s attraction; if she’s less well defined, Gainsbourg’s…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 29 Apr 2015

Some very big themes are given space to breathe in this remarkably naturalistic drama, which is livened up by terrific central performances…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Time Out (7,510) on 28 Apr 2015

Both actors are tremendous…

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By Nikki Baughan (240) for The List (2,018) on 26 Apr 2015

Despite their differences, this melting pot of people is so intriguing, so fundamentally likeable, that the requisite happy ending, although…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 09 Apr 2015

Perhaps a bit too leisurely paced, the film unspools as an engaging, if not enthralling, look at the realities of racism and cultural identity…

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By Adam Fresco (54) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 08 Apr 2015

It's co-directed by Nakache and Toledano, but it's not a patch on their last movie, The Intouchables…

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By Cara Nash (110) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 01 Apr 2015

Despite its urgent and topical subject matter, this story comes cloaked in charm and humour…

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By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 31 Mar 2015

Momentarily, Samba isn't unenjoyable but suffers under the weight of it's overlength and hit and miss approach to its broader topics…

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