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This is an amazing movie, released at a frightening time and made under remarkable circumstances.
91
Winterbottom's compassion transforms In This World from a political statement into an eloquent and involving human drama.
91
Realer and more consequential than much being packaged for TV and movies these days as ''reality,'' the fictional In This World unfolds with the deceptive dispassion of a documentary, but builds with a sure sense of dramatic epic.
90
Although fictionalized, it feels depressingly real. It's a 90-minute newsreel with a broken heart.
88
A tremendous human drama, with each stage of its characters' journey a white-knuckle thriller in miniature.
88
Without proclaiming itself a wake-up call for the West, In This World cries out for some new method of achieving international trust.
88
Without an ounce of phony Hollywood uplift, Winterbottom's film cuts right to the heart.
80
The film has a riveting central narrative, the performances are compelling and, most of all, we need to hear more immigration stories like this.
80
The charismatic Jamal has the spirit of a young Antoine Doinel, and Winterbottom shoots him to evoke the memory of Truffaut's young hero.
80
The movie's staccato pacing, lent emphasis by Dario Marianelli's haunting score, evokes the cycles of tedium and terror that make the journey so unnerving.
