Standing Tall (La tête haute)

Standing Tall

“Jesus Christ, did the makers of this know at the time that they were inadvertently underscoring and signing off on a truly contemptible character study? Actually, a character study would imply that the main character experiences anything resembling coherent growth or reason for acting out in the ways that he does, but this very much does not. Instead, Standing Tall tries to glorify social workers as hagiographic individuals involved with the public.   There’s nothing wrong with trying to glorify social workers – they do hard jobs with a huge emotional toil with little respect and even less money – but Standing Tall gives them an ill-defined character to act opposite against. Maloney (Rod Paradot) isn’t a character so much as a composite of the various social ills prevalent in so” read more

“Is almost a genre in french films: the world has to stop to deal with the needs and bad moods of an anguished boy. Deneuve is ok because is 'froid' to”

“Is almost a genre in french films: the world has to stop to deal with the needs and bad moods of an anguished boy. Deneuve is ok because is 'froid' to all that, but comprehends in the end.” read more