Divines
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): November 18, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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91
MTV NewsAmy NicholsonNov 27, 2016
It's thrillingly, fiercely female. It takes the same neighborhood-boy-turns-hoodlum story we've seen for a century and simply flips the script. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloNov 16, 2016
Divines, written and directed by French-Moroccan filmmaker Houda Benyamina, rivals "Girlhood" as a portrait of combustible banlieue femininity, emanating raw energy and scrappy good humor even as it builds to an unexpectedly tragic and horrifying finale. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 17, 2016
Maybe the final five minutes are a little too over the top, but the overwhelming impression is that Dounia has ambition and vision, a conviction that she might still be able shape her own future. It’s an exhilarating film. Read full review
80
Screen DailyLee MarshallMay 24, 2016
Fizzing with ideas, as difficult to pin down as its heroine, Divines keeps generating electricity long after the lights have gone down. Read full review
80
VarietyCatherine BrayMay 22, 2016
In her aces debut feature Divines, Houda Benyamina has what ought to be a career-making film on her hands. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichNov 17, 2016
This is no simple story of girl power. In fact, it’s arguably less concerned with feminism than it is with the financial realities that impede it from taking root. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthNov 17, 2016
Benyamina displays an empathetic and insightful view of young women, and the challenges of growing up, even if the screenplay doesn’t always follow through. But what Divines absolutely gets right is the deep longing and hunger young people have to better their circumstances, and the desperate lengths they’ll go to reach those goals. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMay 22, 2016
Benyamina has a hard time maintaining her film's pace and plausibility, especially during a third act that slides too far into genre territory and its accompanying clichés. Read full review
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