Custody

Name: Custody
Genre: Drama
Released: June 29, 2018
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 83
Cast: Coralie Russier, Denis Menochet, Emilie Incerti-Formentini, Florence Janas, Léa Drucker

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: June 29, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Coralie Russier, Denis Menochet, Emilie Incerti-Formentini, Florence Janas, Léa Drucker, Mathieu Saikaly, Mathilde Auneveux, Saadia Bentaïeb, Sophie Pincemaille, Thomas Gioria

Summary: Miriam (Léa Drucker) and Antoine Besson (Denis Ménochet) have divorced, and Miriam is seeking sole custody of their son Julien (Thomas Gioria) to protect him from a father she claims is violent. Antoine pleads his case as a scorned dad and the appointed judge rules in favor of joint custody. A hostage to the escalating conflict between hisMiriam (Léa Drucker) and Antoine Besson (Denis Ménochet) have divorced, and Miriam is seeking sole custody of their son Julien (Thomas Gioria) to protect him from a father she claims is violent. Antoine pleads his case as a scorned dad and the appointed judge rules in favor of joint custody. A hostage to the escalating conflict between his parents, Julien is pushed to the edge to prevent the worst from happening.… Expand

Director: Xavier Legrand

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Kenneth Turan

Jul 11, 2018

Custody can be difficult, even wrenching to watch, but it always plays fair with the audience, and the experience, worth every minute expended, is impossible to forget. Read full review

Doris Toumarkine

Jun 28, 2018

Custody embodies Legrand’s attention to detail, reverence for gripping storytelling, command of tension and, above all, direction of finely etched performances for characters major and minor. It is simmering entertainment that amounts to required viewing. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Jul 2, 2018

If you are pressed for time this week, and can spare only fifteen minutes at the cinema, spend them at the opening of Custody. There’s a scene near the start that is like a mini-movie in itself, tense with foreboding — a tension that the rest of Xavier Legrand’s film does nothing to dispel. Read full review

John Bleasdale

With Custody, Legrand has created a family drama that plays out as social realism, but it is as intense as a thriller and, with no generic get outs, far more terrifying than Kubrick's The Shining. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

Apr 16, 2018

Knowingly blending realist grit with generic guile, this unrelentingly tense account of a fragmented family living in constant fear thoroughly merited the Best Director prize at the Venice Film Festival. Read full review

Peter Keough

Jul 25, 2018

As for Drucker and Ménochet, they vividly embody the roles of abuser and victim but have little else to work with. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jun 22, 2018

Custody is concerned with the failure of process to discern human need and perversion, and Xavier Legrand rather ironically follows in the footsteps of bureaucracy by reducing people to statistics. Read full review

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back_in_1939

Dec 20, 2018

Extremely well written dialogue and delivered perfectly by actors. some neat camerawork. Very 'edge of the seat' last 15 minutes. Some loose ends but didn't really affect the viewing. chooke me in some reasons

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fredericwood

Jul 18, 2018

A well-made film, tight and intense. The theme is somehow ordinary and predictable. Execution of acting and film-making is excellent. The boy actor is a stand-out.

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movieducation

Nov 28, 2018

Remember that shocking feeling when Hoffman threw a glass at wall in Kramer vs. Kramer ? Triple it and that is CUSTODY. Captivating, a suspense full of human nature hence it is so menacing. It leads you to take someone’s side, and the frightening part is, you might be so wrong.

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valixt

Sep 7, 2018

All the French food (movies) tastes the same. You either love them or hate them.

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bkengland

Dec 27, 2019

There is no nuance to this film. One party is all good, the other all bad, and we are told nothing about how they got there, either individually or together. If we are to ponder how the French legal system handles cases like this, and if reforms are needed, we are offered no clue. TheThere is no nuance to this film. One party is all good, the other all bad, and we are told nothing about how they got there, either individually or together. If we are to ponder how the French legal system handles cases like this, and if reforms are needed, we are offered no clue. The judge's decision is on the side of a phone conversation we don't get to hear. There is a subplot dealing with a pregnancy that is dropped completely. The party sequence is largely confounding; are the key characters bothered, disturbed, concerned, or just partying. Who knows? I watched this right after Marriage Story, which is far superior, with the depth I expected to see similarly here.… Expand

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