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06/24/06
Rosetta (1999)
85 %
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Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 17
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A grueling, powerful film that features Emilie Dequenne in her screen debut. She portrays Rosetta, a 17-year-old girl who wants nothing more than to work for a living. After being fired from her most recent job, she spends her subsequent... [More]
Starring: Emilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
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06/18/08
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'An unflinching portrait of the dehumanizing effects of being forced to live hand-to-mouth with no real hope of escaping.'
06/21/04
Perhaps some of this would have been nominally interesting if Rosetta were slightly likable.
01/05/04
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08/15/02
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06/05/02
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04/17/02
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04/03/02
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Top Critic Fights and struggles to stay afloat literally and symbolically, just like its heroine.
03/07/02
The drama vividly conveys the stunted emotional and spiritual life of a teenager who has no time for anything except the struggle to survive.
03/04/02
Some viewers (including a few who walked out when I saw the movie) are going to find the subject too grim and the production too stark — but that's the idea.
02/26/02
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05/11/01
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