A harrowing watch, made all the more so by the strength of the young performance at its center.

| Original Score: 75/100 | Aug 4, 2023

Shatter[ing] the audience with the actual intensity of a violence done by the closest of people, and the inner distance to reality it creates.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 29, 2021

Legrand's film tore through me like a tornado through a trailer park.

| Jul 6, 2021

We feel completely absorbed by this story even though we've heard it before [Full Review in Spanish]

| Sep 19, 2020

Taking us inside the harrowing reality of a woman's struggle to be believed, freeing herself and her kids from her abusive ex-husband, this razor-sharp revelation of a movie cuts to the bone.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 19, 2020

Legrand smartly and organically builds on cinematic expectations of conflicted characters, demonstrating wonderful control and sense of pace.

| Aug 13, 2020

This is not an easy journey, but it is a truly satisfying one.

| Jun 23, 2020

This is taut, engrossing filmmaking on a crucial subject.

| Mar 9, 2020

[Legrand's] screenplay bravely explores the darker side of spousal separation, the use of children as weapons and domestic violence, all of which elevate this simple drama to something quite terrifying.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 11, 2019

It demands a certain predisposition to assume the extreme simplicity of the story, its development without surprises and its relatively plane characters [Full Review in Spanish].

| Jul 20, 2019

Writer-director Xavier Legrand's confronting debut feature grabs the hot-potato topic of domestic violence and runs to the depths of hell with it.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 7, 2019

More than most horror movies, this will make you want to scream at the screen. And it should produce those reactions, at least for those with a beating heart in their chest.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 29, 2019

[Custody] packs a concentrated gut punch of tension and trauma as he chronicles the fallout of a divorce that has turned from bitter to septic.

| Apr 20, 2019

Mr. Legrand is skilled in the techniques of dread and suspense, and without sensationalizing or cheapening the story, he gives this closely observed drama the tension and urgency of a thriller.

| Apr 17, 2019

Custody is heartbreaking, but never feels manipulative, thanks to the believable performances.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 22, 2019

Powerful in its neorealism, this impressive feature debut is not an easy watch.

| Feb 28, 2019

As strained civility is replaced by deep-seeded turmoil, the film turns the trauma of a dissolving marriage and the accompanying fallout into an unwavering portrait of horror.

| Jan 28, 2019

[Xavier] Legrand is a director to look out for, no question.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 18, 2018

One of [director Xavier] Legrand's greatest achievements is its containment: Custody does not explain more or give easy to digest information, demanding our attention. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 28, 2018

A tense family thriller that presumes great performances. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 14, 2018