Full Time goes further in its quest for realism than anything ever released by the Dardenne brothers or Britain’s purveyor of miserabilist social realism, Ken Loach.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 24, 2023

It’s such an authentic and relatable film – so meticulously observed, in fact, that to be perfectly honest, I assumed it had been made by a woman.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 24, 2023

Full Time never loses the focus of what it is, which is one of the best thrillers of the year.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 16, 2023

Full Time offers a personal commentary situated against capitalism’s anchors, and to this capacity, the film succeeds in showing how people struggle under the weight of their occupations and debt.

| Feb 17, 2023

From the opening credits to its last shot barely 90 minutes later, the film never eases up on its intensity. Fans of relentless rollercoaster rides like 2019′s “Uncut Gems” and 1998′s “Run Lola Run” will find much to enjoy here.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 16, 2023

The film is a master class in reactivity, and [Laure] Calamy manages it with perfect dramatic pitch.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 10, 2023

The “Mission: Impossible” of mother tales.

| Feb 10, 2023

Full Time works because of, not despite, its cutting thrills. The anxiety we feel as we watch is very much the point. Julie is living on the edge. The movie marvels at her ability to keep her balance.

| Feb 6, 2023

Julie is most herself when she is on the go, and the film suggests that, for all her exhaustions, perhaps this is the way she feels most alive. Calamy’s quicksilver performance certainly implies this.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 3, 2023

An intelligent and mostly engrossing movie about a situation that will seem all too familiar to many.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 3, 2023

Without exaggerating any characteristic of suburban-mom life, steering clear of sentimentality or contrivance, Mr. Gravel succeeds breathtakingly in making us appreciate how much grit is contained in the Julies of the world.

| Feb 2, 2023

This darker role and performance, for which she won the 2021 Best Actress prize at the Venice Film Festival, is a departure for the actress, but her natural charm is a crucial element

| Feb 2, 2023

A portrait of modern labor that moves with the breathless tension of a Safdie brothers’ joint.

| Feb 2, 2023

Gravel displays, with grim fascination, the strict surveillance of the modern workplace and the desperate ruses by means of which workers cope.

| Feb 2, 2023

Full Time doesn’t have much to say about organized labor, or labor in general, other than that work can be really stressful.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 29, 2023

Julie’s dilemma is expertly illustrated by both the actor and the director. The film is shot and edited with flawless precision.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2022

Laure Calamy has an extraordinary ability to project warmth, as well as strength. Her character here is down but never out, no matter how hard life pushes her.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 28, 2022

It's a propulsively intense piece of filmmaking - at times a bit like watching a highwire chainsaw juggling act about to go horribly and catastrophically wrong.

| Sep 8, 2021