| New Yorker Films | Release Date: May 16, 1997 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
|
Positive:
15
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
|
Watch Now
| Buy on |
|
| Stream On |
|
Critic Reviews
La Promesse believes that decency is an innate human quality that can surface from any rubble. [16 May 1997, p.47]
The Dardenne brothers keep dialogue to a minimum but create strongly defined characters by letting their cameras linger on their actors' expressive faces. Their cast works small wonders with this extra-verbal strategy, and by the time the film's stunningly simple finale arrives, it seems both inevitable and marvelously serendipitous. [21 Nov. 1997, p.L34]
Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
