De Cabeça Erguida

O jovem atua bem, ele é um fio funcional da narrativa. Mas para que fim? É apenas no final que o filme deixa de ser uma longa, vaga e monótona visualização das repetidas manias dum rebelde adolescente e das suas subsequentes entrevistas no escritório da juíza Denevue. E não consegue suscitar no espetador sequer um indício de interesse pelos personagens ou por qualquer tipo de experiência cinematográfica. É apenas no final que pelo menos alguma coisa começa a acontecer, mas um filme melhor pensado teria surgido com ela após a primeira meia-hora e utilizado-a como trampolim para desdobrar um drama satisfatório. (27/04/2016)

The film has something to build on - a strong theme, a great lead actor, and the ability to procedurally portray the system of care for troubled teenagers, but it does not have enough skills to move beyond mere empathy and lack of opinion, which is replaced by symptomatic and very cumbersome choice of classical music (unfortunately, this is not The Kid with a Bike). Bercot certainly does not lack interest and feeling in working with actors, but unfortunately she lacks the ability to build this portrait of a sociopath urgently, dynamically and with the ability to bring the viewer out of his comfort zone... The result is only a fairly decent social drama. [Cannes 2015] (14/05/2015)

I can't help but feel that if it had ended differently, I might have appreciated it more, but as it is, it seems like the film paints something that isn't entirely realistic. Maybe that's how human destiny, at least in this rendition, might actually turn out. The lead actor, Rod Paradot, however, really took on his role excellently and portrayed it very well in all aspects. (07/08/2017)