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02/09/06
Monsieur Ibrahim (2004)
84 %
Reviews Counted: 77 Fresh: 65 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 7/10
Consensus:
With tender, assured performances, Sharif and Boulanger elevate what might have been a rote coming-of-age tale.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis: Vividly portraying a 1960s Paris neighborhood where lower-class status unites residents of varied religious and ethnic backgrounds, MONSIEUR IBRAHIM follows the universally appealing story of a young boy's coming of age. Moses (Pierre Boulanger), a Jewish teenager, lives in an... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Isabelle Renauld, Lola Naynmark
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07/21/05
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12/06/04
Unbearably life affirming and quasi-spiritual... [Sharif] dispenses bromides like a watery-eyed, Middle-Eastern Forrest Gump.
07/02/04
Director Francois Depeyron evokes the look and feel of nostalgia extremely well, recalling films like 'Cinema Paradiso' for their wistfulness and charm.
05/18/04
Even when the material is rather thin and obvious -- and it sometimes is -- Sharif and Boulanger's performances make Monsieir Ibrahim agreeable.
05/12/04
A slight-but-charming French heart-warmer that gives Omar Sharif his best role since... well, since Lawrence of Arabia.
04/30/04
Sharif still has that twinkle in his eye and a commanding screen presence.
04/23/04
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04/17/04
[Pierre] Boulanger joins Keisha Castle-Hughes of Whale Rider as one of this year's strongest juvenile performers.
04/15/04
The [movie's] two halves are larded with European coming-of-age cliches... and never meld into a satisfying whole.
04/09/04
Thanks to Sharif's performance, this French-language import is made quite watchable.
04/09/04
Since there's no real-world grit to go with the grace, the story comes off as shallow and unaffecting.
04/08/04
Better when it's resisting the need to be about something, the movie starts strong.
04/02/04
That rare film about the sort of emotionally needy people who don't wear their neediness on their sleeves.
04/02/04
His performance is a vivid reminder that Sharif, 71, is still out there and capable of doing fine work when it is offered to him.
04/01/04
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