Emmanuel Carrère might not fully clear the bar he set with his first feature, but he does prove himself a flexible filmmaker, able to adapt his style to the individual project.

| Jul 5, 2024

On the one hand, it's a kind of Ken Loach-like exploration... but it's also, and I think more interestingly, about somebody pretending to be someone they're not.

| Jan 11, 2024

Overall, although Between Two Worlds is sincere enough, it has a rather tepid, unadventurous character. The subject matter is worthwhile, but the film is hardly ground-breaking.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 2, 2023

Juliette Binoche leads this compelling social drama that delves into France's working conditions. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 28, 2023

When you lie for a good cause does it make it any less of a lie? When you cross a boundary for the greater good is it still a betrayal? You’ll have to see the film and answer these questions yourself.

| Oct 5, 2023

It shows the dignity that comes with working hard, working under pressure, whether it’s scrubbing toilets or some other job that some might consider demeaning. And it shows the camaraderie among people who work such jobs.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 25, 2023

The film offers no solutions but delivers a reminder that regardless of our placement in the hierarchical social stratum, we are the same. It also calls for respect for those working hard to make ends meet. Another great performance by Juliette Binoche.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 22, 2023

Juliette Binoche is such a consummate actor that she can easily blend into an ensemble and still emerge the charismatic star. That’s exactly the task she has in Between Two Worlds, an absorbing French drama.

| Sep 21, 2023

The relationship between hard-boiled, temperamental but loyal Chrystele and Marianne—who’s much older yet seems comparatively carefree, coming up with left-field ideas like “Let’s drive to the beach!”—is the heart of the astute screenplay here...

| Sep 20, 2023

Binoche is convincing in the role of Marianne, and the screenplay by Carrère and Hèléne Devynck provides her with an interesting cast of supporting characters, most of them played by non-professionals.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 12, 2023

A critique of celebrity activists; a low-key but indignant Binoche performance; the power of a lie...; a sober, documentary-like accounting... of the state of work, the world of exploitation. The heart of the picture turns out to be about friendship.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 11, 2023

Carrére… spends too much time and attention concerned about whether Marianne’s cover will be blown. But when the focus is on the women she works with — all played by nonprofessional actors — the movie rises to another level.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 10, 2023

Merging the presence of an Oscar winner with the reality of life can seem like an impossible task and yet Between Two Worlds pulls it off.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 7, 2023

As one would expect, Binoche’s performance here is exceptional.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 1, 2023

An unflinching look at the exploitation of the weakest in a Western culture.

| Original Score: A- | Sep 1, 2023

Cinematographer Patrick Blossier adds a documentary feel with unintrusive camerawork complemented by the art direction which captured the poetry of hard work.

| Aug 31, 2023

It’s never a waste of time to watch Juliette Binoche, and this film, which screened at Cannes in the spring, is definitely worth seeing. Between Two Worlds is both credible and absorbing.

| Aug 28, 2023

Between Two Worlds certainly will make viewers appreciate the hardscrabble lives of the working poor. It may even prompt folks to read Aubenas’s book.

| Aug 27, 2023

This sentimentalist description of an investigation that ultimately ends up as a harsh clash of classes (...) features an impressive Binoche's performance in another perfect display of humanity to the full. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 26, 2023

Like its investigative journalist protagonist, Between Two Worlds has good intentions, but it never finds a way to satisfyingly resolve its disparate identities.

| Aug 25, 2023