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This coming-of-age drama deals with a young man, realizing who he really is and which things he will never do...
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The New York Times
An intriguing examination of alienation and dysfunction, tonally haunting rather than melodramatic. - 80
L.A. Weekly
Composed of artfully used split-screen, lots of hand-held camera, and expertly honed dialogue, the film floats on currents of sadness and understated humor. It also makes Loic's existential ache almost palpable. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Loic's journey is rich in incident and detail, and Garçon Stupide retains its dynamic momentum throughout. - 75
Chicago Tribune
A caveat to viewers: This brand of movie sex, as directed by 30-year-old Lionel Baier, is emphatically not for the puritanical. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Raw, uncompromising and surprisingly explicit. - 70
Chicago Reader
Baier's interweaving of documentary-style sequences with poetic, dreamlike imagery underscores the competition between Loic's harsh external circumstance and his lyrical internal yearnings for a better life. - 63
Miami Herald
Baier's style is almost uncomfortably voyeuristic, amplified by the casting of a young, inexperienced actor (Pierre Chatagny) in a part that calls for hardcore sex. - 50
Village Voice
The result is a better-late-than-never coming-of-age tale that is by turns earnest and corny, though never stupide.
