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A Prophet Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 5.0
    90

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Universal acclaim
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    The New York Times Manohla Dargis

    One of those rare films in which the moral stakes are as insistent and thought through as the aesthetic choices.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    To borrow a marketing phrase from another, very different film, A Prophet really is the movie that reminds you why you love the movies. Especially movies like this one.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    There's also no romanticizing on the part of the director, who proceeds with calm, unshowy attentiveness (even in the midst of scenes of violence), creating a stunning portrait of an innately smart survivor for whom prison turns out to be a twisted opportunity for self-definition.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    The best performance in the film is by Arestrup as Cesar. You may remember him from Audiard's "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" (2005), where he played a seedy but confident father who psychically overshadows his son.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal

    Uncompromising in its style, story and characterizations.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    A compelling piece of naturalistic filmmaking, claustrophobic and thought-provoking.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    What's most immediately remarkable about the film is the raw intensity of its hyper-realistic encounters, hugely enhanced by the superb acting of newcomer Rahim.

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