There aren't many surprises%u2014the characters end up more or less where we expect them to%u2014but it's useless and not at all fun to deny the simple pleasures of this film.
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08/08/09
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Moscow, Belgium (2008)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:34
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.3/10
Theatrical Release:Dec 19, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: A fender bender sends a single mother and a much younger man on a collision course toward love in this comic drama. Set in Belgium's blue collar neighborhood of Moscow, the film's heroine, Matty,... [More]
Starring: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh, Anemone Valcke
Director: Cristophe Van Rompaey
Reviews for Moscow, Belgium
Barbara Sarafian provides a full-bodied portrait of mature female strength as a mother named Matty in Moscow, Belgium.
06/12/09
Director Christophe Van Rompaey has a script, of course, but much of what comes across so eloquently in this Flemish comedy of ill-manners is wordless.
05/29/09
Top CriticThe film's portrait of a middle-class family and its daily clashes, both major and minor, is spot-on.
05/28/09
The movie just can't decide whether it likes romance or disdains it, whether it wants to be dark or bright.
04/23/09
Top CriticThere's nothing special about the story in Moscow, Belgium. But the lead performance? Very special.
04/17/09
A romantic drama, interwoven with bright ribbons of humor.
04/16/09
Top Critic...a terrific vehicle for Sarafian, an actress who proves that middle age can still be intriguing and sexy.
04/13/09
Moscow, Belgium feels not only like a movie from another culture but from another world.
04/09/09
As Matty, Sarafian is a marvel as she changes from a gray moth to a girlish butterfly, and Delnaet is delightful as the slightly dangerous Johnny.
03/19/09
A European-style chick flick where all the women are wonderful and the men jerks. Unlike the American genre, this is one men can actually sit through and enjoy
03/12/09
Not many Belgian films are made, let alone seen in the U.S., so this fresh and quirky feature debut (which world-premiered in 2008 Cannes Fest), about an unusual romantic triangle, is more than welcome.
03/11/09
A splendid little offbeat love story, Moscow, Belgium is a near-quintessential foreign art-house film: smart, sweet, intriguing, well-made and emotionally familiar while still unique.
03/06/09
Top CriticBarbara Sarafian's performance in this incongruously scintillating little film is a joy.
03/04/09
Few films tackle the question of whether a man with a history of domestic violence can learn to love again -- and fewer still do it in a subtly comedic and charming way.
02/27/09
Top CriticThe romantic triangle plays out somewhat predictably but has welcome wit, well-defined characters and strong acting -- especially by Sarafian, who's intense and strangely sexy in quite the unglamorous role.
02/27/09
Perhaps I am being too hard on "Moscow, Belgium," which at worst is inoffensive.
02/24/09
Nothing will ever be easy for any of these characters, and that is why we care about them so.
02/20/09
Top CriticEmotions run deep but are never overdone.
02/20/09
Top CriticDirected by Christophe Van Rompaey, this Belgian comedy suffers from the fact that its mismatched lovers are so consistently unpleasant.
02/20/09
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