What every single person in this film does is treat the other adults as adults. Seeing it done so consistently emphasizes how rare it is to see this not only on screen, but also in real life.

| Aug 9, 2018

| Original Score: B | Jan 27, 2012

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 5, 2009

Written and directed by a newcomer, Eric Guirado, this is a delightful coming-of-age film that quietly explores the hidden tensions in family life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 28, 2009

The landscape with Mont Sainte-Victoire regularly in view is seductively beautiful.

| Apr 28, 2009

A warm-hearted tribute to a disappearing way of life, the unhurried Grocer's Son is a well acted film where the journey is more important than the final destination.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 25, 2009

Writer/director Eric Guirado lets events unfold at their own relaxed pace, and has a feel for simmering family resentments, while the wonderful Clotilde Hesme is effortlessly charming in the role of the free-spirited best friend.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 25, 2009

A little predictable in places, but explores family relationships with pathos and perception.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2009

It's a small, well-rounded movie that you'd be hard pressed to find fault with, achieving its modest goals with subtle aplomb while whipping up humour and empathy from Antoine's rapport with his doddery clientele.

| Original Score: 3/6 | Apr 24, 2009

This is a slow-burning charmer of a film that rewards those prepared to settle into its easygoing pace.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2009

This is a sweet and engaging little film, and though it becomes more contrived and sugary as the story progresses, there is real charm.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2009

In its slow-moving, at times uncomfortable way, this is a heartwarming film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 24, 2009

Unfolding amid the dappled sunshine and dusty roads of Provence, this is a film that lifts your spirits.

| Apr 24, 2009

The Grocer's Son is best described as a feelgood film that doesn't underrate its audiences too much.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2009

Emotionally engaging, impressively directed and superbly written French drama with strong performances from Nicolas Cazale and Clotilde Hesme.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 24, 2009

How could a French audience not enjoy such a nostalgic look at a simpler and bucolic way of life?

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 8, 2009

Beautiful Provence, and its charming traditionalists, colorfully work their summer magic on a hunky wayward son with terrific appeal to ferment a sparkling romance.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 3, 2008

It's not a great movie, but it is a beguiling one: a Gallic version of American films such as Doc Hollywood or Cars, in which a city-dweller opens up to life when he succumbs to the languid pace and the intense one-on-one relationships of the country.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 24, 2008

It's sublime work, the whole picture having a firmly enthralling lived-in consistency that's cant help but feel utterly genuine.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 24, 2008