Au revoir les enfants 1987

Vincent Canby, New York Times: It's a work that has the kind of simplicity, ease and density of detail that only a film maker in total command of his craft can bring off, and then only rarely. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A schoolboy cannot be expected to understand how swiftly violence and evil can strike out and change everything. Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: In this frightening and beautiful film, a schoolboy must learn hard lessons early. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: An ever-shifting balance of power is the film's greatest strength. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: If he'd made his childhood movie earlier in his career -- when he didn't have the sense to be so dispassionate -- it might have packed a meatier punch. Now it's just a deftly aimed poke. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: In this season of boyhood remembrances, Malle's is the most devastating -- an inspired elegy to little boys lost. Read more