La Tête haute

Le jeune homme joue très bien, il est le fil conducteur fonctionnel de l'histoire. Mais à quoi cela sert-il ? Ce n'est que vers la fin que le film cesse d'être une observation longue et monotone des pitreries répétées de l'adolescent rebelle et des entretiens qui s'en suivent avec le juge Deneuve. Et cela ne suscite chez le spectateur aucun soupçon d’intérêt pour les personnages ni aucune sorte d’expérience cinématographique. Ce n'est qu'à la fin qu'il se passe enfin quelque chose, ce que tout film plus réfléchi aurait introduit dès la première demi-heure et aurait utilisé comme tremplin vers le développement d'un drame satisfaisant. JEREMIE (27/04/2016)

The film has something to build on - a strong theme, a great lead actor, and the ability to procedurally portray the system of care for troubled teenagers, but it does not have enough skills to move beyond mere empathy and lack of opinion, which is replaced by symptomatic and very cumbersome choice of classical music (unfortunately, this is not The Kid with a Bike). Bercot certainly does not lack interest and feeling in working with actors, but unfortunately she lacks the ability to build this portrait of a sociopath urgently, dynamically and with the ability to bring the viewer out of his comfort zone... The result is only a fairly decent social drama. [Cannes 2015] (14/05/2015)

I can't help but feel that if it had ended differently, I might have appreciated it more, but as it is, it seems like the film paints something that isn't entirely realistic. Maybe that's how human destiny, at least in this rendition, might actually turn out. The lead actor, Rod Paradot, however, really took on his role excellently and portrayed it very well in all aspects. (07/08/2017)