Critic Reviews

• Anna Smith, Time Out

  'The Adopted' serves as a calling card for Laurent, who displays a flair for character-based humour as well as strong visual direction.

• Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter

  Never develops into an engaging portrait of love and loss among a trio of thirty-something Frenchies.

• Philip French, Observer [UK]

  It's a wispy, tasteful, mildly touching, very French affair.

• , This is London

  It's a commercial movie rather than an art film, but a great deal less compromised than most of its ilk.

• Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

  Sadly it doesn't quite come off, despite interesting moments.

• Nigel Andrews, Financial Times

  The film is harmless, whimsical, a little long-winded: While You Were Sleeping without Sandra Bullock but with extra Gallic chic.

• Omer Ali, Little White Lies

  Mixed messages forge a forgettable outcome.

• Ian Freer, Empire Magazine

  Mélanie Laurent's sweet but schmaltzy debut establishes her credentials as a capable director, and she does good work with old Inglourious Basterd Menochet, too.

• Tom Dawson, Total Film

  It's glossy but saccharine, hammering home its coming-to-terms-with-life message as Laurent steers the story into contrived tragic waters.

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