The greatest 01 hour: and 34 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love mystery movies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very early in this movie, there was an ambiguity when we weren't sure whether the father, Antoine, was really such a bad guy. He's eventually revealed to be the monster everyone says he is, and effective, suspenseful drama is created from that, but I preferred the earlier pose and had hopes that would continue. There's hints of that in the performance of the actor who plays him, but the script must be followed.

Between 2.5 and 3 stars. It's so realistic that it transmits you the anguish by the situation, although the narration can be a little dry.

This felt so real. The performances of our two leads Denis Ménochet and Léa Drucker playing a divorcing couple who are going through custody issues. Both parents come off as crazed and you're not exactly sure who to root for. On many levels this movie has stuck with me and should for a while. A French film well worth the watch, albeit one that can be hard at times due to the subject matter. Final Score: 8.9/10

Bit slow in parts and slightly confusing as the point of the daughter who looked about as old as the mother. But a great dramatic piece.

A well-made film I've watched with boxxy software app, tight and intense. The theme is somehow ordinary and predictable. Execution of acting and film-making is excellent. The boy actor is a stand-out.

Excellent excellent gripping film from such a talented youngster & Denis Menochet -- love the way the French tell the story without overdramatize it. Love it

This film was simply astonishing and quickly became one of my all time favourites. Never have I sweat so much from fear and anticipation in my entire life, let alone at the hands of a movie. Confronting, but well worth a watch.

Direcciòn y tiempos perfectos, este director tiene futuro.

harrowing but brilliant child's perspective on domestic violence which is both brutal and humane at the same time. short runtime and SUSPENSE thriller pacing combine with excellent acting all around make this a standout film.

Etude which represents the fathers as monsters. No one has the courage to say another truth made out of discrimination, false accusations, suicides. Interesting movie will watch using boxxy software - free service

After reading the reviews here and elsewhere I was expecting a great film. However, it was absolutely awful, and quite simply it was just a form of torture porn. If you like watching what amounts to a documentary about an abusive father, then enjoy. Otherwise, skip.

Great performances with material that is a cross between Kramer vs Kramer and the shining. Characters are well played about a disturbing theme.

This movie is overrated. The acting is great but it is extremely predictable.

I don't understand why this film has been voted so high. The story is poorly narrated, there is not a solid conflict and the solutions are very childish. Not a good film whatsoever

A stunning, gripping, shocking film with, I think, a flaw. Don't read this if you haven't seen the film. I ask why didn't the mother accuse her husband of physical abuse when the tribunal was debating custody of the child? She is largely silent during the film, and glaringly silent during the custody hearing. But she could have protected her child better had she acknowledged the father's abuse. Perhaps the point is that abused spouses have been shamed and cannot endure any more shame--so they run.

Horribly chilling but wonderfully made. For anyone who doesn't believe abuse still continues once a woman has left their violent partner, watch this film.

Brilliant debut. Tense, gripping, dramatic, alarming - brilliantly observed, exquisitely acted, this is a film that is as subtle as it is raw. Like Chabrol's Le Boucher from nearly 50 years ago, everything is so understated and yet so sharp in its depiction of "ordinary" life at the edge. And both films revolve around tense car journeys and family celebrations.

Shown from the point of view or all four family members, Custody is a must see drama/thriller with a big emotional impact.

Well deserving of the Silver Lion at Venice, Custody is an heartachingly personal film on domestic violence. It centers a divorced family with two children amidst the fight for visiting rights by the father. The revelation of the struggles that the family faces is gradual and painfully reminds us how these struggles are often not perceived by outsiders. The film starts with the hearing of the parents by a custody judge, mainly discussing whether the father (Denis Menochet) should have visitation rights to the younger child Julien (Thomas Gloria). The judge reads a statement from the child that he does not want to see his father. The father argues that he loves his son very much and that their relationship is necessary. Without further evidence, as the audience, we sympathize with the father, assuming the best in him, and giving him benefit of the doubt. So did the judge, granting the visitation rights. However, within an hour and a half, we would come to know a family that we see every day, and then come to understand how much cannot be seen on the surface. With the film, we see how someone who may be a loving and pitiful father can at the same time be dangerously violent towards those he loves, and the physical and emotional wounds cruelly cut by these threats. The perspective of the film heavily focuses on the fear instilled the victims and the terror of not being able to get out Domestic violence is a social issue far too underrecognized and happens way more often than imagination. Even in many developed countries, 1 in 3 women has been physically assaulted by an intimate partner. The film is daringly truthful and touches the soul. Bravo to the director Xavier Legrande for his first feature.