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The Kid with a Bike
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
,
Luc Dardenne
PG-13
2011
87m
Drama
7.4
96%
77%
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Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.
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Cast of The Kid with a Bike
Cécile de France
Samantha
Thomas Doret
Cyril
Jérémie Renier
Guy
Fabrizio Rongione
Le libraire
Olivier Gourmet
The Bar Owner
Egon Di Mateo
Wes
Baptiste Sornin
Educateur 1
Samuel De Rijk
Educateur 2
Myriem Akheddiou
L'assistante médicale
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Director / Writer / Producer
Luc Dardenne
Director / Writer / Producer
Denis Freyd
Producer
The Kid with a Bike Ratings & Reviews
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
The directing by the Dardenne brothers reflects their previous work: it wants to be unnoticed either for virtuosity or clumsiness, yet only virtuosos can attain this ideal.
CNN.com
Tom Charity
There is not a wasted shot in this stripped down, pared back fable. Yet, it accrues a deep and lasting power. You won't see many better this year.
Philadelphia City Paper
Sam Adams
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne make great movies with such regularity they can be easy to overlook, but The Kid With a Bike puts just enough spin on the Dardennes' formula to let you feel their worth anew.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
How the Dardennes, time and again, turn gritty, mundane subjects into transcendent moments of honesty and truth is one of the great cinematic wonders.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvin Wilson
This is a film that's not always easy to watch, but just about impossible to forget.
Detroit News
Tom Long
"The Kid With a Bike" vibrates with desperation, frustration and the simple unfairness of life, leavened with glimpses of hope.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Cyril is one of the most inspiringly resilient, self-aware young characters to arrive on-screen in recent memory...
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Hunched over the handlebars, the boy's body seems to carve a hole in the wind. And we watch as this unhappy, rejected child makes some terrible choices, some of which make us want to look away.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
"The Kid With A Bike'' is, remarkably, about hope - about the connections people forge when the ones they've been given desert them.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
The Dardennes' quiet, naturalistic style strips this story of melodrama but not of emotion.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Without diminishing the boy's intensity or making him in any way ingratiating, the Dardennes take us into his mind, and we begin to appreciate not only his predicament but his resiliency.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
The Dardennes' latest is one of their best, a memorable cinematic portrait of troubled youth and soul-saving charity.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Young Thomas Doret fills the role with natural sincerity and focus, and not a second that seems contrived.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Makes a powerful statement about the plight of unwanted children. But it also incorporates elements of melodrama, film noir, and even the fairy tale that engage our empathy and confirm the Dardennes' great compassion.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
As the movie progressed, the Dardenne brothers unwavering and unflinching eye kept me captivated.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
A wonderfully human and humane story about one of those lost-and-found children who tend to slip through society's not-so-safe safety nets.
NPR
Jeannette Catsoulis
Within its tight 87 minutes, not a lot happens, unless you count the saving of a life.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
It's minor, but powerfully so.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
...when they (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) hit the mark they create understated but deeply moving dramas that are uniquely their own. 'The Kid with a Bike' is their latest effort and it is among their best.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
A sly but finally banal update of the Italian neorealist classic "The Bicycle Thief."
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