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: to my Gloria – 4/5
“Against the tide of our time, this benevolent, solar and sisterly film (what Gloria and Cléo are if not two sisters without mothers), which reconciles the North and the South, Paris and West Africa, is not not only beautiful and fair through and through, it also does a world of good.” By Jérôme Garcin (L’Obs)
“We are quickly overwhelmed by the modesty, the restraint, the sweetness of the staging, which never falls into excessive sentiment or misery, and by its two performers: Ilça Moreno and especially the young Louise Mauroy-Panzani, overwhelming and already so mature for her age.” By Jean-Baptiste Morain (Les Inrockuptibles)
2nd tie: The beauty of the gesture – 3.5/5
“Through the journey of a deaf boxer, Sho Miyake signs a superb sports film and a sensitive portrait of loneliness.” By Adrien Gombeaud (Les Echos)
“The way the filmmaker has of bringing us straight into Keiko’s sensory universe is a kind of discreet miracle that takes the miserable film upside down to prefer a variation on vulnerability.” By Laura Tuillier (Release)
2nd tie: Heaven – 3.5/5
“Fire is a living being, like a dragon, elusive, in the imagination of the inhabitants of Shologon, a lost village in northeastern Siberia, which the Russian filmmaker Alexander Abaturov gracefully films in Paradise.” By Cl. F. (Le Monde)
“In this world between hell and paradise, moments of life and laughter arise, aberrant details – many of the heroic fighters have cigarettes in their mouths. From his dangerous expedition, the director brought back a treasure filled with unforgettable images, some edge of the dream.” By Jacques Morice (Telerama)
THE 3 BEST FILMS ACCORDING TO VIEWERS:
1st: Equalizer 3 – 3.9/5
“Splendid and enjoyable!” By joe33
“Shot in Italy, the images are magnificent and the film is very pleasant to watch.” By Lilian 76
2nd: The Beauty of the Gesture – 3.7/5
“A film of rare finesse that paints a much broader portrait than it seems of Japan and those who live there. Sublime.” By Dead End
“Everything is movement, the search for the beautiful gesture. The actress is breathtakingly realistic.” By Regard00
3rd: to my Gloria – 3.6/5
“A sincere love story, without embellishment, with accuracy from start to finish. A great deal of emotion and the actresses are wonderful!” By Angelique Fey
“Àma Gloria is a little gem of sensoriality, a treasure of empathy, a love of great cinema.” By Easy Review
* According to the ratings of the AlloCiné barometer, as of Friday September 1, 2023, for films released in theaters on August 30 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.