Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Class Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  In a class by itself.

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• 100

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  Talky in the best sense, the film exhilarates with its lively, authentic classroom banter while its emotional undercurrents build steadily but almost imperceptibly over a swift 129 minutes. One of the most substantive and purely entertaining movies in competition at Cannes this year.

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• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The movie is bursting with life, energy, fears, frustrations and the quick laughter of a classroom hungry for relief.

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• 100

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  The Class is clearly a microcosm of contemporary France, beset by social and economic tensions. More than that, though, it's a saga of education's struggles in many parts of the modern world. If only the film were pure fiction.

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• 90

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  The reality of Franois' classroom is so intense that it holds our interest even while the film's dramatic focus is building so quietly under the surface that we don't notice it at first.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Here Mr. Cantet -- whose earlier features include "Human Resources" and "Time Out," two other dramas about systems of power -- has done that rarest of things in movies about children: He has allowed them to talk.

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• 88

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The Class is a deeply moving film about the challenges of educating children in a complex and often turbulent world.

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