Editor’s note: This review ran originally on April 18, when the movie had an exclusive engagement in Miami. It premieres today at the Living Room Theaters on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, so we’d thought we’d run it again: I challenge you to find even one false note in director Louise Archambault’s Gabrielle, a sweet but unsentimental drama selected … [Read more...]
‘Gabrielle’ a touching coming-of-age story
I challenge you to find even one false note in director Louise Archambault’s Gabrielle, a sweet but unsentimental drama selected by Canada as its entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the recent Oscars. Authenticity is paramount, and the film feels like a documentary most of the time. It’s a fictionalized account of a real-life choir group of developmentally disabled singers, … [Read more...]