Les enfants du siècle 1999

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Plays like a volatile and overlong W magazine fashion spread. Read more

Marta Barber, Miami Herald: In between all the emotional seesawing, it's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures, and even the times in which they lived. But they fascinate in their recklessness. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Children of the Century, though well dressed and well made, ultimately falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: In scope, ambition and accomplishment, Children of the Century ... takes Kurys' career to a whole new level. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded, and both leads are up to the task. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: It's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: For all the writhing and wailing, tears, rage and opium overdoses, there's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love's dissolution. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: An intimate contemplation of two marvelously messy lives. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The film's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand, who brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth. Read more

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Leslie Camhi, Village Voice: Juliette Binoche's Sand is vivacious, but it's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile. Read more