Tomboy

Name: Tomboy
Genre: Drama
Released: November 16, 2011
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 74

2011

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Rocket Releasing | Release Date: November 16, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: A family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new suburban neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her Jean Seberg haircut and tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids, and decides to pass herself off as “Mikael,” a boy different enough to catch the attention of leaderA family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new suburban neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her Jean Seberg haircut and tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids, and decides to pass herself off as “Mikael,” a boy different enough to catch the attention of leader of the pack Lisa, who becomes smitten. At home with her parents and girlie younger sister, she is Laure: hanging out with her new pals and girlfriend, she is Mikael. Finding resourceful ways to hide her true self, Laure takes advantage of her new identity, as if the end of the summer would never reveal her unsettling secret. Céline Sciamma brings a light and charming touch to this contemporary coming-of-age story, which is also about relationships between children, children and parents, and the even more complicated one between one’s heart and body. (Rocket Releasing)… Expand

Director: Céline Sciamma

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 min

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Diego Semerene

Nov 14, 2011

Tomboy is one of those little big films whose simplicity and concision suggest the excess of meaning that language (cinematic or otherwise) could never account for. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Jan 25, 2012

Tomboy is tender and affectionate. It shows us Laure/Mikael in an adventure that may be forgotten in adulthood or may form her adulthood. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Jan 26, 2012

Writer-director Celine Sciamma breaks little ground here, but her story is nicely scaled to the gender-rigid world of childhood, where boys playing soccer together take as much pride in their spitting skills as any scored goal. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Nov 16, 2011

A pre-pubescent "Boys Don't Cry" with a much sweeter tone, this thoughtful French comic drama follows Laure (Zoé Héran), a 10-year-old girl who yearns to be a boy. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

Dec 8, 2011

Beautifully photographed by Crystel Fournier, Sciamma's film has a floaty weightlessness (as opposed to the heavyosity of "Boys Don't Cry") that neither judges nor pathologizes Laure. Read full review

Ty Burr

Dec 1, 2011

Tomboy is as visually beautiful as its 10-year-old heroine is defiantly plain. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Nov 18, 2011

Its young heroine is proud to be herself; there's just not much for her to do beyond that. Read full review

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wakeupnothx

May 3, 2014

Great little slice-of-life movie showing how gender affects almost all points of life, especially for a child. The little looks, silences, and subtle body language between the main character (who is a tomboy or a transgender child treated as "just a tomboy") and everyone else is spot on.Great little slice-of-life movie showing how gender affects almost all points of life, especially for a child. The little looks, silences, and subtle body language between the main character (who is a tomboy or a transgender child treated as "just a tomboy") and everyone else is spot on. Heartbreaking at times, but also tender and kind.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

netflic

Dec 1, 2011

A classic example of a good French movie. Deep, thoughtful, intense without too much action.
I do not remember a movie where children would act so naturally. My only complain: a bit slow at times.

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

nascent

Mar 9, 2012

I really enjoyed it, but I feel like it could've been much more. It's very visceral, and the casting was outstanding, even the sister was quite incredible. But the script, the plot, was a bit shallow. Ultimately it had one point, one message and it covered it quite extensively, but I reallyI really enjoyed it, but I feel like it could've been much more. It's very visceral, and the casting was outstanding, even the sister was quite incredible. But the script, the plot, was a bit shallow. Ultimately it had one point, one message and it covered it quite extensively, but I really wish it was more substantial.

I'm quite the fan of coming of age films, but this was the most shallow one I've seen yet. If you compare this to to something like Ã… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

khutch

Nov 11, 2013

Tomboy is cute, catchy, all adjectives that refer to something that leaves the viewer spellbound and the children give an acting class for many adults, but in the end, does not show much.

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JamesD

Aug 18, 2012

It is just absolutely mind blowing that this movie has gotten so many good reviews. It's so terrible. I've never seen such a slow movie with uninteresting to no dialogue whatsoever.

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