The Super 8 Years
Kino Lorber | Release Date: December 16, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Original-CinLiam LaceyJan 12, 2023
Ernaux’s precise and thoughtful commentary connects the images to memories, discovering yet another harvest from the well-cultivated field of her autobiography. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayDec 29, 2022
This moving, probing, beautifully written film doesn’t completely eschew nostalgia, but like Ernaux’s books, it treats the past as a prism, casting varying light depending on how, when and where it’s held. Read full review
90
The New York TimesManohla DargisDec 15, 2022
Memory is also, I think, one reason we watch movies like this, which with its lapidary narration and melancholic images — with its laughing children, its difficult smiles and its ghosts — movingly pairs you with Ernaux and with the world that she has so brilliantly made. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeJun 23, 2023
Cheap gags aside, The Super 8 Years comes together as an effective gloss on a life that has already been carefully examined. Read full review
80
Screen DailyLisa NesselsonDec 13, 2022
As a born writer, Annie’s commentary is a time capsule of her life half a century ago but also, by extension, of fascinating changes afoot in France itself. Read full review
75
The Film StageMichael FrankDec 13, 2022
The film plays as one extended memory—sometimes more bitter, sometimes more sweet, always a combination of both. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMarya E. GatesDec 16, 2022
The compact documentary is ultimately more an exercise for the filmmakers than it is a truly rewarding cinematic experience for the audience. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJun 26, 2023
The slow-motion breakdown of a family is tracked by a lens that initially sought out intimacy and celebration, but finds itself, as the years pass, increasingly distanced from figures caught in its time capsule of a frame. Read full review
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