The Breadwinner is a beautifully-constructed yet grueling story of female bravery that feels both timeless and timely.

| Dec 12, 2023

... An animation gem that exudes sensibility and strikes a difficult equilibrium: heart-wrenching without being a tearjerker, and emotional without becoming an artificial motivational speech. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 30, 2023

Unlike the dismal box office hit The Boss Baby, here's a toon flick that fully deserved its Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 31, 2021

Beautifully animated, it's intense, inspiring and further proof that good storytelling is good storytelling regardless of milieu.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 3, 2021

A remarkably solid film about perseverance and hardship in a society dominated by those who insist that might makes right.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 2, 2020

While there is more than a moment of bleak humour - in scenes showing that when one is arguing with the armed religious right, the worst thing one can do is win - much of the story plays out as a tense survival story.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 8, 2020

Overall, The Breadwinner is a strong debut for Twomey and a beautifully animated adaptation of Ellis' novel.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 12, 2019

Its effective animation, and its solid script are the icing on the cake. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 18, 2019

The film's poetic aura removes and remains after it ends. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 17, 2019

A beautiful and sensible film. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jun 17, 2019

Obviously, The Breadwinner speaks to us about the rights of women, but also, and above all, about solidarity and ties when evil is imposed. [Full review in Spanish]

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

The combination of such a powerful storyline, inspirational heroine and gorgeous art style will surely see an acknowledgement from the Academy and audiences.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 12, 2019

The animation particularly in the story sequences is stunning, and I loved the music.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 6, 2019

A downbeat drama with elements of inspirational fantasy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2018

The thing I most admire about The Breadwinner is the fact that it doesn't end on a tidy note. I found that commendable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2018

This deceptively simple animated feature is a beautiful, tragic but hopeful drama told with inventiveness and sensitivity.

| Original Score: 4.2/5 | Aug 27, 2018

Her bravery is inspiring as we wonder how people survive regimes that treat women unfairly and cruelly as a matter of ancient tradition. Jolie continues to bring us world stories that matter.

| Aug 24, 2018

This animated film is directed by Nora Twomey and will delight adults and older children equally. It manages to be both uplifting and hopeful despite the subject matter of the film.

| Aug 21, 2018

...a sort of Yentl in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, is evocative and was a little-discussed gem

| Jun 20, 2018

The end result... does not manage to have the impact it should. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 4, 2018