The Adopted

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The Adopted

2011

1h 40m

Drama

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Marie patches things up with her friend, Lisa, after a new boyfriend causes friction. Then just as things begin to settle down, Marie is struck by a motorcycle and falls into a coma, from which she is unlikely to awake.

London Evening Standard

It's a commercial movie rather than an art film, but a great deal less compromised than most of its ilk.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 24, 2012

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Sadly it doesn't quite come off, despite interesting moments.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 23, 2012

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

The film is harmless, whimsical, a little long-winded: While You Were Sleeping without Sandra Bullock but with extra Gallic chic.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 23, 2012

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Isabel Stevens

ViewLondon

Has all the hallmarks of a trying-too-hard-to-be-playful indie: freeze frames of characters posing glumly in playgrounds, slo-mo hospital sequences, along with a few too many close ups and cute kiddie scenes.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 27, 2018

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Emma Dibdin

The Arts Desk

The longer The Adopted runs for the lazier and more mawkish it becomes, ending at last on what has to be a very, very strong contender for the year's worst final shot.

Rated: 2/5

May 21, 2018

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

It's a wispy, tasteful, mildly touching, very French affair.

Feb 25, 2012

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A beautiful debut from director MÃ (C)lanie Laurent.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Quelle surprise, je ne m attendais pas a un film d une telle densité. Les émotions naissent progressivement avec la narration, certaines phrases, certaines sensations, apparaissent comme échappées de nos propres rêves. L histoire tragique mais non moins réaliste laisse certes un gout amer, mais un gout qu il faut peut être connaitre pour apprécier la vie et la présence de ceux qui vous sont chers. L interprétation de l ensemble des personnages est excellente et les dialogues d une rare spontanéité. Melanie Laurent que l on connait pour son jeu toujours plus vrai que nature nous offre dans ce superbe film une invitation, une invitation a la vie, celle que nous partageons avec les êtres que nous aimons et que nous savons ne pas être éternelle. A voir absolument.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Tres bien et pas de mauvaises surprises

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Touchant et magnifique!!! J'ai bien cru me reconnaÃ (R)tre dans cette histoire. Beau travail de rÃ (C)alisation Ã MÃ (C)lanie Laurent. VoilÃ , ce que j'aime dans le cinÃ (C)ma.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

kinda liked this sad flick!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Current French Belle Du Jour Melanie Laurent makes her directorial debut with this turgid melodrama. It has more in common with those awful English indie dramas of the noughties than contemporary French cinema. A highly unlikable bunch of Parisians with fantasy bohemian careers mope around while one of them lies in a coma. You'll be wishing for the plug to be pulled yourself.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Mélanie Laurent

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Marine

Denis Ménochet

Alex

Clémentine Célarié

Millie

Mélanie Laurent

Lisa

Audrey Lamy

Clémence

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Synopsis

Marie patches things up with her friend, Lisa, after a new boyfriend causes friction. Then just as things begin to settle down, Marie is struck by a motorcycle and falls into a coma, from which she is unlikely to awake.

Director: Mélanie Laurent
Producer: Bruno Lévy
Screenwriter: Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Perez, Christophe Deslandes
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Runtime: 1h 40m

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