I'm Not Scared Critic Reviews

I'm Not Scared is a reminder of true childhood, of its fears and speculations, of the way a conversation can be overheard but not understood, of the way that the shape of the adult world forms slowly through the mist. Read the full review

Worth seeing not only because it's a highly effective thriller, but also because it's a finely tuned evocation of innocence at the mercy of adult cynicism.Read the full review

Watching it is like being lost in somebody's richly moody campfire story -- it's so good, in fact, that only once it's over do you realize you've been holding your marshmallows too close to the flame. Read the full review

With a taste for dark lyricism, the director delicately emphasizes the contrast between surface innocence and subterranean danger, and between grown-up secrets and boyhood bravery.Read the full review

With a graceful confidence Salvatores has made a movie in which good and evil flow into each other as easily as day and night. Read the full review

Although the movie takes on many of the characteristics of a conventional thriller, it refuses to go for cheap, vicious shocks, and the adults are seen through the curtain of Michele's trust.Read the full review

Deliberate disorientation keeps the audience constantly off balance, and it's brilliantly effective. Read the full review

Beautifully shot and compelling blend of thriller and coming-of-age drama. Read the full review

In the guise of a nerve-jangling thriller, director Gabriele Salvatores, an Oscar winner for "Mediterraneo," delivers a fierce, frightening and deeply moving study of childhood. It's a keeper. Read the full review