/////////////////////////// HIGHLY RECOMMENDED /////////////////////////// 88 Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea Theres whimsy and raunchy humor here, but also an underlying sense of darkness and despair. 80 L.A. Weekly Chuck Wilson Deftly mixing the visual exuberance of “Trainspotting” with the familial pathos of “Angelas Ashes,” the gifted van Groeningen offers gleeful depictions of drinking contests and naked bicycle races that gradually give way to a sense of moral peril for young Gunther. 80 The Hollywood Reporter While The Misfortunates careens with madcap hilarity through the Strobbes tumultuous lives, it also resonates with its serious story undercurrent. In essence, it is the story of a boys struggle to survive, and, in this case, evolve. 80 NPR If Ken Loach and Roberto Benigni went into a bar, drank themselves into a stupor and emerged the next morning with a screenplay, it might look a lot like The Misfortunates. 70 Village Voice Often very funny, and the rolling remember-when vignettes trump the typical low-country wild-hairy-man sideshows. 70 Variety Calling the Strobbe clan a working-class family would imply that some of its members worked (or had class), but none of the lowlife protags do in the visually robust and often hilarious Flemish tragicomedy The Misfortunates.
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