PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Mike B This is an original film and gets very high marks for the acting. All the child actors are very real and very intriguing. The main actor who plays Leon is actually extraordinary. The story-line is definitely demented and Leon obviously needs lots of therapy – actually he needs to be institutionalized! The interaction between the children is very well done, but this is not a children's movie.There is really no resolution at the end, so Leon will just go on his merry way. This is the only weakness in the story that bothered me. Other than that it's got a lot going for it.Watch this for the acting and the dry humour.

Se7en14 There are rare time movies touch us, and feel so real, especially with Hollywood making us believe that everything can happen, no matter what. Enter "C'est pas moi je le jure". A french film about A family going through a divorce, and how the children are raised, with one parent looking after them. This movie not only spits in Hollywood's face, but does so with grace and Honor to be so real, so imaginative and so amazing.Leon is ten years old. He is not normal as he tells us. He tries to commit suicide sometimes. other times he is vandalizing his neighbours houses, and he has a trait he picked up from his mom: He is an amazing liar. But Leon is not the only one who's abnormal, his family directly shows that as well. His mom and Dad fight constantly, until they finally divorce one another. The mother leaves for Greece leaving Leon's father to watch over Leon, and his older brother Jerome.Once she leaves the family falls apart, Leon decides to go insane, emotionally wrecking everything in his way. You feel for Leon, how he acts without a mom, and how he feels, you get a true sense of his character, and how empty he feels without her. But Leon quickly finds solace with another girl for whom he falls far. Lea. She is almost exactly like Leon in every way, she is messed up, none of the kids want to play with her and she and Leon are made for one another.The movie gives us so much character development and processes it rather amazingly over the 2 hours the film goes on, it's one of the few movies thus far to really get a connection with your characters. Leon and Lea are not perfect, they are down right evil, but there intentions are pure. Leon stealing from other peoples houses to get a ticket to fly to Greece to see his mother whom abandoned him. And Lea trying to find her father, who has been on a business trip for over 2 years. None of them are perfect but, you still feel for them, and get attached, hoping for the best.By the end of the movie you smile knowing that, Leon has kept one thing for himself: Hope. That even though a lot has happened in his life he can change, and hope for the better, hope for a new change on himself, hope to one day see his mother once again.The film has so much and without spoiling every little detail, this is one I recommend to buy, it's not a perfect film, there is no such word for a film, but it is unique, amazing and touching. A pure gem. And the acting is done so well so real, it puts to shame anything Hollywood has put together.For the reviewer who stated that this film is like Home Alone, I ask this, when in home alone did his parents divorce, or he vandalize a whole house, or cut himself and lie to to keep an alibi, or even swear. This movie is nothing like Home alone this is a masterpiece and is no John Hughes family comedy, this would be the Coen brothers take on Home Alone if anything.Rent it, Buy it. Do whatever you can to see this film you won't be disappointed.

bigdave11 This movie has just won the 'Silver Bear' award at the Berlin Film Festival in the 'Generation' section. The award is well deserved. The charismatic young lead actor who terrorises his neighbours and family carries the film on his slight shoulders. It is cleverly structured with laughter and tears throughout. The dialogue is sharp and witty and the characters well drawn. On a more serious note the film highlights the severe problems disturbed youngsters left to their own devices can have. Another reviewer compared it to 'Home Alone' but it is much deeper and (with a suicide attempt) far darker than the American comedy. Filmed in Canada with French dialogue it deserves to be seen by a much wider audience. Strongly recommended!

slabihoud First it reminded me of "Home Alone" although I never saw it. But the boy looks very alike and his pranks are quite annoying. But his talent for accidents in which he almost gets killed and some real suicidal attempts throughout the movie lead us quickly to the real story; the drama of children whose parents fight each other and finally separate. The separation from his mother who not only moves out but goes to Greece is for the 10 year old, as well as for his older brother, a traumatic experience. Leon reacts by breaking into neighboring houses to steal money for a ticket to Greece. He is soon joined by a neighboring girl named Lea of the same age who has similar experiences and a similar scheme. But Leon has to learn a lot about life and love and how to survive the pain in his heart. He lies a lot but later finds out that the grown-ups are also liars. His antics, for example when he devastates the house of their neighbors while they are on vacation, are often hard to watch. On the other side his pure love for his mother and his care for Lea are very touching too. The film is in many aspects very radical and you never can be sure, if a funny moment will not turn into a tragic one soon. Good story!