By the Grace of God

critic Reviews

, 96% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Patient in its approach yet stirring in its conviction, By the Grace of God draws soberly gripping cinema from real-life horror.
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    David StrattonThe Australian
    Beautifully acted and deeply impressive, By the Grace of God is suffused with a simmering anger.
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    Sandra HallSydney Morning Herald
    Ozon was wise to translate the story into fiction. In their rawness and their sense of intimacy, the family scenes ferret out the emotional truths behind the bald and bitter facts.
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    Scott MarksSan Diego Reader
    One is prone to expect excess in a film by François Ozon, [but he] wisely opts to frame the fact-based events as a straightforward crime drama.
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    Michael PhillipsChicago Tribune
    The film gathers momentum and shading as it goes.
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    Mick LaSalleSan Francisco Chronicle
    "By the Grace of God" begins to spin its wheels, with unnecessary scenes that give color to the events, when we're more interested in the grand movements.
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    Roger ClarkeSight & Sound
    Ozon is not someone you would normally expect to eschew his usual gothic to make public-service announcements in the manner of this film, but what it shares with his other works is a deep understanding of the way trauma endures in the world.
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    Brian T. CarneyWashington Blade
    A clear-eyed and piercing denunciation of clerical abuse in the French Catholic Church by queer auteur François Ozon.
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    Cris KennedyThe Canberra Times (Australia)
    Ozon's film is only lightly fictionalised, based on his thorough research, and transcripts. His writing and his direction are full of empathy, tied to these characters.
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    Matthew St. ClairCinema Sentries
    It works quite effectively even if it spells out its various conflicts in an expositional manner.
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    Gisela SavdieEl Heraldo
    The first thing we ask ourselves is how can Alexander still believe in the Catholic Church [Full Review in Spanish]
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