Gondry's visual inventiveness is still here, but it's probably not a coincidence that his most stripped-down film is also his strongest in years.

| Jun 22, 2019

While The We and the I is visually more grounded in reality than most of Gondry's famous works, it's still incredibly colorful and striking. Virtually the entirety of the film takes place inside the bus, with the illusion of real time.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Apr 11, 2019

For better or worse, "The We and the I" also affords all of its characters a chance to shine, enriching the stories of Michael and Teresa, who have the longest way to go both home and otherwise, but may short change audiences.

| Dec 17, 2018

Director Gondry succeeds in delivering a very entertaining and compelling human study.

| Dec 16, 2013

Michel Gondry, working with nonprofessional actors, takes this one-location setup and-traffic conditions permitting-takes off.

| Jun 14, 2013

Credit Gondry, like Tocqueville before him, with at least re-examining tired clichés and scraping the rust off stereotypes.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 17, 2013

An occasionally interesting glimpse into the lives of a diverse group of urban teens and their struggles, but also a film that's overly long and often annoying.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 16, 2013

Gondry is like a DJ scratching a record. He puts his own touches to the sound of the Bronx while staying true to its beat.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 16, 2013

All of the kids are good in their roles, mostly as characters one assumes resemble themselves. And as any actor will tell you, playing yourself is one of the toughest gigs around.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 9, 2013

Gondry's film is like a huge community, alive and -- despite a layer of protective swagger -- full of sympathy and love.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 3, 2013

An artful, scrambled, energetic blend of youthful connection and hormonally charged carousing [that] works more as a caffeinated conveyance of feeling than an actual plotted story.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 18, 2013

French director Michel Gondry takes a select group of Bronx teenagers, puts them on a bus, and lets them loose. For some of us, it's a scary ride.

| Mar 29, 2013

Gondry captures some intermittent compelling moments, but overall the film lacks much depth or insight.

| Mar 29, 2013

The We and the I is less a film than a social-studies experiment, an after-school project by a bunch of high-school kids exploring that eternal teen tension between the individual and the group.

| Mar 23, 2013

Imagine a student video project with professional production values.

Full Review | Mar 22, 2013

Gondry has talent, and I think he enjoyed being with these youngsters, but the film suffers in trying to impose something vaguely like a story on a framework that boils down to teen high jinks during a bus ride.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 22, 2013

"The We and the I" is a collection of very thin stories, many of which feel incomplete.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 21, 2013

Organic interactions are interrupted by Gondry's words, or abandoned in favor of fantasy sequences. The film's verisimilitude too often takes a backseat to conventional storytelling and Gondry's whimsical aesthetic.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 21, 2013

By the end of the line, we've been granted a privileged peek at today's youth that's intimidating and nostalgia-inducing in equal measure.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 21, 2013

Realistic look at teen culture has drinking, sex, language.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 20, 2013