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  • The Kid with a Bike Tomatometer 96%
  • The Kid with a Bike FlixsterFan Score 76%



Description: Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the deeply moving new film by the Dardenne brothers (L'enfant, Rosetta) delves into the emotional life of troubled 11-year-old Cyril (newcomer Thomas Doret). When his father (Jérémie Renier) abandons him, Cyril obsessively tries to find his bicycle - after all, his father must have cared about him enough not to sell that off, he reasons. Almost by accident, he becomes the ward of a kind hairdresser (Cécile de France), a woman who seems surprised to find herself so determined to help him. With his wild, unpredictable behavior and his disastrous search for father figures, Cyril risks losing her - though she refuses to give up without a fight. Full of heartbreaking betrayals and unexpected grace, THE KID WITH A BIKE is a film about a child, abandoned to the elements, learning to become good.

Release Date: 3/16/2012

Genre: Drama

Studio: IFC Films

Offical Website: http://www.sundanceselects.com

Rating: Movie Rating


Release Dates:

Country Release Type Date
Italy Theatrical Wide Release 5/20/2011
Germany Theatrical Wide Release 2/9/2012
United States Theatrical Wide Release 3/16/2012
Spain Theatrical Wide Release 10/28/2011


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» New reviews added from Rotten Tomatoes.
03/30/2012 @ 12:00 AM

Cyril is one of the most inspiringly resilient, self-aware young characters to arrive on-screen in recent memory...
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

» New reviews added from Rotten Tomatoes.
03/29/2012 @ 12:00 AM

\The Kid With A Bike'' is, remarkably, about hope - about the connections people forge when the ones they've been given desert them.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

» New reviews added from Rotten Tomatoes.
03/23/2012 @ 12:00 AM

The Dardennes' quiet, naturalistic style strips this story of melodrama but not of emotion.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday

» New reviews added from Rotten Tomatoes.
03/22/2012 @ 12:00 AM

Without diminishing the boy's intensity or making him in any way ingratiating, the Dardennes take us into his mind, and we begin to appreciate not only his predicament but his resiliency.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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