Water Lilies Critic Reviews
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Everything in Water Lilies is more guarded, more complex and far more interesting than it seems.Read the full review
The elegant Water Lilies is not about answers but about discovery of self and of others in all its pain and pleasure.Read the full review
The painfully spot-on essence of teen angst meets the spirit of Esther Williams in Water Lilies. First film by gifted scripter-helmer Celine Sciamma nails the aching doubts and offhanded cruelty of 15- and 16-year-old girls.Read the full review
It's a world where every emotion feels like the earth moving, and where the shifting tectonics of young lust and friendship, along with the lifelong lessons of a broken heart, have never felt more real.Read the full review
A distant thematic and artistic cousin of Sofia Coppola's "The Virgin Suicides" and Lucrecia Martel's "The Holy Girl."Read the full review
Water Lilies is a nice, watchable, attractive, minor work. What it lacks is a sense of purpose, a commitment not just to its characters but also to its own reason for being.Read the full review
Although a little too open-ended to be wholly satisfying, Water Lilies is still an excellent directorial debut.Read the full review
