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É estranho olhar essa obra e perceber como ela aborda temas sérios de uma forma tão leve e genuína, onde a dor a perda são mostrada uma forma, digamos assim, " aceitável '' fugindo de toda sua morbidez solitária, sem brilho, dando lugar uma singela, e bonita história de tom poético, que passa muito bem sua belíssima mensagem.

A well-meaning, yet frustratingly modest study of grief and the appropriate methods for educating youths, "Monsieur Lazhar" is produced with careful hands, but written with sparse moments of catharsis throughout. The performances are quite impressive and the thematics are certainly consistent, but, again, a little "too little too late" for my tastes.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Not enough of a comment on loss or anything else but the film is touching and the end wraps everything nice and tight. The film just doesn''t compare to great teacher dramas like to sir with love.

What makes a good teacher? This man proved to be one because of his great understanding of children under his tutelage. Maybe that should be the first requirement for teachers.

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It's a good movie, but I had sky-high expectations for it, and the film just doesn't have enough to get close to them. It's either the editing or the writing because the lead actor is so strong. He deserved to be in a truly great film. The teacher's background needed to be more fully explored. His relationship with the other teacher is awkward. His residency status, again, could have been dealt with in a more interesting way. I enjoyed it - but wanted to love it and didn't.

A remarkably engrossing film on a number of levels. Set in a primary school in Quebec (Francophone) its characters are remarkably well-drawn whether they be students, teachers, or administrators. The psychological, political, and moral questions that arise because of a particular event in the school are handled with force but also tact. The performances and cinematography are superb.

A deeply touching movie about loss, guilt and uprooting, it manages to address complex issues with elegance and subtlety, while avoiding the trap of sentimentality. The young actors are uniformly good and believable, and Falardeau's skillful and delicate direction fits remarkably well the tone and subject of its film. A work of great intelligence from one of Quebec most important director.