Standing Tall's reviews
Media reviews
The Guardian
It's a movie with quiet strength and purpose, unembarrassed about its own optimism, perhaps inspired by Dardenne brothers movies such as 'Le Fils'.
Indiewire
Bercot's solidly engaging if fairly routine social-realist drama mainly stands out as an actor's showcase.
The Hollywood Reporter
Carried by an electric lead performance from newcomer Rod Paradot, this fourth feature from (...) Bercot can be as volatile as it's main character, delivering plenty of intensity but not always succeeding on the dramatic front.
Variety
Although solid, it seems unlikely that this discrete drama causes stir outside France too.
El País
It's a film between discrete, well-intentioned and warm, immediately forgettable.
El Mundo
The film seems so right, energetic and well-meaning as decidedly lower. A remarkable film that, despite all of this, does not reach high enough.
La Razón
Less and controversial film that ends up being a mixture of video and fictionalized institutional chapter of "Big Brother". Diagnoses of the film are simplistic or reductionist.