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We cry with Amanda and David and when the sun comes through again, their smiles are like a gift.

With enjoyable performances, particularly from Lacoste and Gallienne and a decent stab at an 'importance of friendship' message underlying the laughs, Asterix is pleasant company, even if this isn't quite as magic as his potion.

Self indulgent, nonsensical and soulless scenes are woven together into a sentimental fog that hovers above the surface of a faux world, past and present.

The film, co-written with Hélène Zimmer, functions like exquisite lacework with new patterns emerging at every turn.

Hansen-Løve's momentary excursions into animation, split screen, and possibly re-writing of world history are the most effective parts.

It's an old story, but rarely has it been this appealingly told.

What, you might ask, is at the heart of the mystery? It's a good question and one that Pariser barely articulates.

Hippocrates is an engaging coming-of-age drama centring on the problems within public medicine in France as budget cuts bite.

I like that this film includes a good deal of interesting, amusing gender role reversal

Deliciously and deliberately theatrical

Where the children's stories feel as nostalgically sweet as a Sherbet Dib-Dab and Delpy has always had a good feel for the comedy of discomfort, she fails to hold back and ultimately pushes the adults into caricature.

There is a complete disregard for any kind of consequence or continuity in this film, and you know that the rug could be pulled from under you at any second.

Honoré handles the strands with considerable agility and admirable lack of cliché or sentimentality employing camerawork that is clean and uncluttered.

Young star Paul Kircher puts in an impressively sensitive and emotionally raw peformance.