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Cuties

Mignonnes

2020

Maïmouna Doucouré

Fathia Youssouf Abdillahi, Medina El Aidi, Maïmouna Gueye, Esther Gohourou ...

5.1

1,139

Drama Amy, eleven years old, meets Angelica and her group of dancers “the cuties” at school. Intrigued, she joins their troupe and learns to dance. There she rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity, a discovery contrary to her mother’s values.

	Media	Author	Review
		Carlos Aguilar The Wrap	"Youssouf gives a high-voltage performance (...) There’s great merit in Maïmouna’s command of a tonally treacherous story and a principal cast of mostly first-timers"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Doucouré's captivating but structurally shaky first feature is stronger on set-up than development or payoff"
		Anna Menta Decider	"A heartbreaking coming-of-age film, both modern and timeless (...) Gueye is wonderful (...) and Youssouf is nothing short of phenomenal"
		Amy Nicholson Variety	"There’s a few too many fake-outs to invest in the film’s stakes (...) Youssouf has an anchoring presence"
		Jonathon Wilson Ready Steady Cut	"[It] might never recover from its disastrous marketing, despite it being a touching, personal coming-of-age drama (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"[It] goes for the supernatural when real life is enough (...) Although Doucouré steeps 'Cuties' in emotion and experience, she abandons its grace to make crazier gestures."
		John Serba Decider	"[It] is nuanced and gripping, a powerful and meritorious drama that doesn’t deserve the type of ignorant condemnation it’s endured."
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"A film to respect for its audacity, admire for its lead female performance perhaps, but also view as a dramatically contrived."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The film doesn’t entirely work. There are untied plot strands (...) But it all hangs together (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"With 'Cuties', Doucouré announces herself as a director with a keen visual style who’s unafraid to explore these cultural and social tensions (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

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