While the raw material for something twisted and operatic exists here, Leblanc is too committed to putting meters of space between herself and the material to fully absorb the viewer.

| Original Score: C | Jun 25, 2021

It was very well-directed, well-acted story of child victimization.

| Jun 22, 2021

Even though we can where it's moving, that makes it all the more harrowing. It's really a terrific piece of work.

| Jun 22, 2021

An enraging film astringent enough to peel the paint from the façade of virtue propped up by the small-town Quebecois community in which it takes place.

| Jun 19, 2021

A coming-of-age drama noticeably lacking in a truthful adolescent perspective.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 18, 2021

What keeps "Les Nôtres" from being effective, however, is that it rarely makes the transition from coolly observed case study to compellingly messy, resonant human drama.

| Jun 17, 2021

Leblanc might come closer to the sensation of concealed trauma than movies with more familiar storytelling beats.

| Jun 17, 2021

The film is a j'accuse aimed at those complicit in oppressing the most vulnerable in order to protect the powerful.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 14, 2021