Reinventing Marvin

2017

1h 53m

Drama

LGBTQ+

List

58%

Tomatometer

12 Reviews

50%

Audience Score

Fewer than 50 Ratings

A boy grows up in a village where he is shunned for being gay.

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

Fontaine's screenplay has astute things to say about authenticity and artifice, while Oldfield's biggest achievement may be holding his own opposite the mighty Isabelle Huppert, who has a super-cameo as herself.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 14, 2018

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Messily structured, self-conscious and preposterous, buried within its own inelegant framing device.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 13, 2018

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Diego Semerene

Slant Magazine

For anyone who's read Edouard Louis's 2014 novel The End of Eddy, a gut-wrenching account of growing up poor and gay in rural France, Reinventing Marvin will feel like a botched job.

Oct 13, 2017

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

Narratively this film breaks no new ground, but it is executed well and hinges around a great performance from breakthrough actor Finnegan Oldfield.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 1, 2021

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Frank J. Avella

Edge Media Network

Sometimes it feels like the script doesn't go quite far enough, skimming the surface of some daring themes but never actually delving deeper.

Rated: B-

Apr 25, 2020

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Danielle Davenport

One Room With A View

Anne Fontaine's latest packs some serious punch but it is not without its shortcomings.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 21, 2019

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Audience Member

Nice French flick. Yes, it has many cliches, but it doesn't matter because it's legit.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Anne Fontaine

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Finnegan Oldfield

Marvin Clément

Grégory Gadebois

Dany Bijou

Vincent Macaigne

Abel Pinto

Catherine Salée

Odile Bijou

Jules Porier

Marvin Bijou

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Synopsis

A boy grows up in a village where he is shunned for being gay.

Director: Anne Fontaine
Producer: Pierre-Alexandre Schwab, Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi
Screenwriter: Pierre Trividic, Anne Fontaine
Production Co: Drize Holding, Mars Films, P.A.S. Productions, F Comme Film, Ciné-@, France 2 Cinéma
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 53m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)