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  Written February 1, 2009

  The Class is intense

  by Turk_182

  It's a very French film - no Hollywood beginnings or endings, the plot doesn't turn as you expect - and it feels very real, you get into the characters and feel their struggles. It's not an easy film but it's quite good and touches on the issues of culture that Europe is struggling with.

  • 8 out of 12 found this review helpful.
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  Written February 3, 2009

  Compelling and documentary-like

  by jenhc

  Great performances from a cast of (mostly) non-actors. I had thought there would be more of an emphasis on racial tensions because of its setting in a particularly lively Paris district and the rioting that occurred in 2005 in nearby suburbs and all over the country. It was easy to get wrapped up in the stories surrounding the classroom, and with the number of students and glimpses into their lives, I wonder if a deeper focus on only couple or few of them would have been more/less effective. I'll likely pick up the book on which this film is based.

  • 5 out of 7 found this review helpful.
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  Written February 26, 2009

  Simple and effective

  by preago24

  Good picture about living people. One year passes. Some of the pupils have a future and some haven't. There are different destinies ahead. But the teacher will remain there. François Bégaudeau is astounding.

  • 4 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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  Written March 1, 2009

  A great movie.

  by armanmg

  Type of movie hollywood is incapable of making. Subtitles does not distract you from sinking in this so real and poignant movie.
  
  

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  Written April 11, 2009

  Exhausting purposeful film...

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  I've read some reviews that say this film lacks focus, but I have to say that I was extremely impressed with the film. And I'm comfortable saying that those who thought it lacked focus likely just couldn't keep up! It's an intense film. Dialogue is in its native french language with streaming English translated subtitles that go roughly a mile a minute! So, that makes it VERY difficult to keep up with.
  
  Since I speak french I actually found it even MORE difficult to keep up with. At times I would be watching the film listening and understanding the dialogue, but then would get lost and would try to figure it out by switching to the subtitles. Eeeesh. A nightmare with the dialogue moving as quickly as it did.
  
  That said, I LOVED this film.

  • 3 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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  Written February 24, 2009

  Loved it

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  I didn't grow up in France but Germany and I totally recognize the student body and even the teacher. I could feel the anxiety of both. Awesome movie...
  
  

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• I'll Pass
  Written June 2, 2009

  by thisnthat13

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  Written May 20, 2010

  by mcrocks112

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  Written September 8, 2008

  by roswellfan

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  Written December 10, 2009

  by Reids_Girl21

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  Written November 5, 2008

  by fiftyandfunny

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  Written February 7, 2009

  A fascinating, disturbing movie

  by Pat

  This is, by all appearances, a pretty unflinching look inside a middle-school classroom in a French public school. The performances, most (all?) by non-actors, are genuine and affecting. Some of the kids are heartbreakingly good. The teacher who wrote the book and the screenplay plays himself, and is very good -- and very fair, presenting himself in a not-entirely-flattering light.

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  Written March 14, 2009

  by moviewatcher411

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  Written August 12, 2009

  by BubblePopper

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  Written November 20, 2008

  by mik94

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