Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

wolfkir A woman is released into the custody of her sister after spending thirteen years in prison for the murder of her son. That's the premise of this movie, but what Claudel has built on it is a story of love and redemption. I won't give details that might spoil the story for you. Thomas does an astonishing job, her acting is a tour de force of understatement that reveals a character and her history until we feel totally engaged in her grief and (finally) her glimmers of hope. The supporting actors are brought along by that performance, so that we believe in their characters' increasing self-knowledge and changes in attitude. The movie demonstrates that the most gripping drama unfolds within a person. But I know that many people will think it's too slow and that nothing happens. Highly recommended. ****

Syl Kristin Scott-Thomas OBE is a British born and raised actress who is also fluent in French and lives in France with her family does an amazing performance as a paroled criminal. She plays Juliette with an understatement. She doesn't ham it up or overdue it. Her performance is subtle yet mesmerizing to the viewer here. She comes across as a native French speaker without a hint of English. In this film, Juliette is reunited with her estranged sister, a college professor in Nancy, France. Her sister lives with her husband, Luc, his father, and two adopted Vietnamese daughters. When Juliette starts her life in Nancy, she doesn't talk about the crime, an unspeakable act. There are reasons and motives to justify her actions which are explained in the conclusion which wasn't unpredictable. Juliette has been estranged from her mother and family for fifteen years. Many of her sisters' friends were unaware of her existence. The sisters with Elsa Zylberstein look, act and feel like sisters to the audience. It's a heartbreaking film overall.

Allison Scott The movie starts off with a shy woman who does not even really talk to her sister and just got out of jail. But we find out that her family and her husband disowned her but for what we do not know. Her sister was still a child when their parents would not even let her talk about the sister that went to jail. It progresses to show her start to open up to some people like her sister's college. She tries to get a job but when they asked her why she was in jail and she tells them that she killed her child they do not want to even give her a chance. But finally she is able to work a hospital as a receptionist but she used to be a doctor so this is a big adjustment. The director of this movie is Philippe Claudel, he is also the writer. He Won the BAFTA Film Award for: I've Loved You So Long in 2008, and was nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Screenplay for: I've Loved You So Long also in 2008. In the Berlin International Film Festiival he won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for "I've Loved You So Long." And for the same movie he won reader jury of the "Berliner morgen-post" and was nominated for the golden Berlin bear. Two ideas found in the movie are of course love. We see it from how a mother could sacrifice her life and how others will see her to prevent her child from ever having to suffer, she did not care that she would go to jail or how others would think of her all she cared about was that her child would not have to be in any pain. We also see from the movie how we can punish ourselves. We see this from how she does not talk to anyone or really expect any love or acceptance from anyone even her sister. Some movie buff scenes were when she first got to her sister's house and was exploring and the camera angle from above her. Also the camera work when toward the end of the movie when they are fighting is very interesting. I enjoyed this movie because of its unusual plot. A mother who kills her child in not often even thought of.

Claudio Carvalho After fifteen years in prison for murdering her son Pierre, the former medical doctor Juliette Fontaine (Kristin Scott Thomas) travels to Lorraine to live on probation with her younger sister Léa (Elsa Zylberstein) and her family. The bitter, introspective and reclusive Juliette has spent her sentence without any visitor and totally forgotten by her family and now she has problem to interact with her brother-in-law Luc (Serge Hazanavicius) and her nieces. She has to visit every other week her probation officer Captain Fauré (Frédéric Pierrot) and seeks a job position to rebuild her life. As days go by, Juliette gets closer to the family of her sister and befriends Luc and Léa's friends, specially Lea's colleague Michel (Lauren Grevill). She slowly changes her behavior until the day Léa discovers the truth about the death of Pierre."Il y a Longtemps Que Je t'Aime" is touching, heartbreaking, sensitive and one of the best dramas I have recently seen. The outstanding performance of Kristin Scott Thomas deserved at least a nomination to the Oscar if this award were serious and this is a good example why I do not watch the Oscar ceremony anymore. The screenplay and debut in the direction of Philippe Claudel is awesome, slowly unfolding the leading character Juliette Fontaine and keeping the interest along the narrative. The also excellent Elsa Zylberstein has top-notch performance and really resembles Kristin Scott Thomas, giving credibility to the role of sister. I have really loved this magnificent film. My vote is nine.Title (Brazil): "Há Tanto Tempo Que Te Amo" ("For So Long I Have Loved You")