To help you make your choices, here are the films of the week with the highest ratings by the press on AlloCiné!*
THE 3 BEST FILMS ACCORDING TO THE PRESS:
1st ex aequo: aftersun – 3.9/5
“Charlotte Wells’ first feature film, Aftersun stands out as one of the most beautiful and complex films of this beginning of the year. A real discovery.” By Emmanuelle Spadacenta (CinemaTeaser)
“Charlotte Wells pulls off a lovely film about a daughter’s loss of illusions in her father, with fine formal effort in the service of a magnificent acting duo.” By Florent Boutet (Les Fiches du Cinéma)
1st ex aequo: The mountain – 3.9/5
“This film deploys the spell induced by the atmosphere of the summits to touch visionary images that generate a rare sensation of real wonder.” By Gilles Esposito (Mad Movies)
“Unfolded over a fluffy tempo, the sequences plunge us into an almost meditative state, conducive to a sensory drift barely hit by the increasingly intense hand-to-hand combat that the character undertakes with his environment.” By Alexandre Büyükodabas (Les Inrockuptibles)
3rd: Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo – 3.8/5
“Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo, a tale both wonderful and full of realism, is like a song of hope, an invigorating melody sung in Aleppo and embodied by a shimmering soundtrack, which comes to break with the tragedy of the situation.” By Falila Gbadamassi (Franceinfo Culture)
“A political and poetic story that delicately oscillates between tragedy and fantasy. And a tribute to a culture and a society in the process of disappearing.” By Xavier Leherpeur (L’Obs)
Knock at the Cabin is 5th in the top press with an average of 3.2/5
THE 3 BEST FILMS ACCORDING TO VIEWERS:
1st: Aftersun – 3.8/5
“Magnificent film! Subtle writing, perfect harmony between the story and the superb staging, it’s very beautiful, very touching! The duet works very well. You have to see this film.” By lili20
“And that’s what Charlotte Wells does a little with each situation, managing to avoid falling into somewhat ridiculous clichés each time. It’s great art.” By gimliamideselfes
2nd: A little brother – 3.3/5
“A family story with universal reach, it’s very beautiful! The end is very strong!” By Tricky T.
“Indeed, the film is not compelling, despite the harshness of the situations. In the gap it poses with realism, in its way of thinking about the present, it breathes the possible.” By Olivier Bartlet
3rd: The worst neighbor in the world – 3.2/5
“Certainly the story is very similar to what we have already seen in the past, but that is more than enough! With a few script ideas, the film is very touching and we easily get attached to the characters.” By Alolfer
“And if Marc Forster offers us a rereading of this remake of a Norwegian film with a very classic aesthetic, such a subject did not necessarily require crazy visual inventions anyway. A nice film then!” By Jorik V
Knock at the Cabin is 6th in the top viewers with an average of 2.9/5
* According to the ratings of the AlloCiné barometer, as of Friday February 3, 2023, for films released in theaters on February 1 with at least 10 reviews for the top press and 50 ratings for the top viewers. These two tops do not include films already released once or several times in France.