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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumNicely acted and inflected, this is a very fresh piece of work.
- 90The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderPropelled by a captivating, wrenching performance by Karine Vanasse as Hanna, a 13-year-old girl adrift in a sea of powerful emotions in Montreal in 1963.
- 90Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterKarine Vanasse, as the protagonist Hanna, is perfectly cast because she has the body of a woman and the sweet, sexless face of a child.
- 90L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonMaintains a reflective, bittersweet tone that's almost tactile.
- Blessedly free of candy-box prettiness, cloying gentility, and anything else that might dishonor its deeply felt, sensitively observed memoir.
- 78Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenA challenging concept conveyed here most impressively onscreen.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakExquisite and fragile in visuals and tone, yet has some difficulty with a choppy narrative.
- 75Portland OregonianKim MorganPortland OregonianKim MorganA coming-of-age movie that stands apart from the rest.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanPhiladelphia InquirerDesmond RyanStands apart from the trite conventions of most coming-of-age drama chiefly through the originality of Pool's approach and the honesty and conviction of Karine Vanasse's portrait of Hanna.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonShows us a filmmaker, unafraid of her emotions, unafraid to mine her past, someone clear-eyed, non-egoistic, full of life and warmth.