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The Intouchables Reviews

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• 88

  out of 100

  ReelViewsJames Berardinelli

  Enjoy this movie for what it is - the kind of motion picture that can cause Champaign-like giddiness - and don't obsess over how true-to-life this work of fiction is.

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• 75

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The Intouchables is an exuberantly charming French buddy comedy that proves an audience will suspend disbelief and follow an unlikely story as long as it's superbly crafted.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  The film fulfills its feel-good promise, as long as it's seen as the fairy tale it was meant to be.

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• 67

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  The power dynamic may charm the French, but it's likely to push the cringe buttons of local moviegoers in Obama's post-"The Green Mile America." Apart from the wince-inducing moments, The Intouchables is often a pleasant buddy picture.

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• 63

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  This is a story that has been told time and again in the movies, and sometimes the performances overcome the condescension of the formula.

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• 60

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  In this sentimental feel-good saga of an ultra-wealthy quadriplegic and the petty criminal who becomes his caretaker, the chemistry between the two lead actors goes a considerable way toward elevating the broad-strokes culture clash. That's crucial to a film that is, in essence, a love story.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  It is possible to summarize the experience of watching The Intouchables in nine words: You will laugh; you will cry; you will cringe.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Corny, calculating and commercial...Their slickly executed culture-clash character piece is stuffed chock full of hard-knock life lessons that owe much more to the conventions of the screen than the tough realities of social deprivation and of the severely handicapped.

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• 20

  out of 100

  Variety

  Though never known for their subtlety, French co-helmers/scripters Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache have never delivered a film as offensive as "Untouchable," which flings about the kind of Uncle Tom racism one hopes has permanently exited American screens.

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• 20

  out of 100

  The New YorkerDavid Denby

  The plot becomes disastrously condescending: the black man, who's crude, sexy, and a great dancer, liberates the frozen white man. The handsome Omar Sy jumps all over the place, and he's blunt and grating. Francois Cluzet acts with his eyebrows, his nose, his forehead. It's an admirable performance, but the movie is an embarrassment. [28 May 2012, p.78]

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