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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- An intriguing examination of alienation and dysfunction, tonally haunting rather than melodramatic.
- 80L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyComposed of artfully used split-screen, lots of hand-held camera, and expertly honed dialogue, the film floats on currents of sadness and understated humor. It also makes Loic's existential ache almost palpable.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLoic's journey is rich in incident and detail, and Garçon Stupide retains its dynamic momentum throughout.
- 75Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneA caveat to viewers: This brand of movie sex, as directed by 30-year-old Lionel Baier, is emphatically not for the puritanical.
- 75TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxRaw, uncompromising and surprisingly explicit.
- Baier's interweaving of documentary-style sequences with poetic, dreamlike imagery underscores the competition between Loic's harsh external circumstance and his lyrical internal yearnings for a better life.
- 63Miami HeraldPeter DebrugeMiami HeraldPeter DebrugeBaier's style is almost uncomfortably voyeuristic, amplified by the casting of a young, inexperienced actor (Pierre Chatagny) in a part that calls for hardcore sex.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe result is a better-late-than-never coming-of-age tale that is by turns earnest and corny, though never stupide.
- 50The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe real struggle here isn't so much Chatagny's slow emergence into maturity as Lionel Baier's directorial struggle to balance artful and erotic elements.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoGarcon Stupide features the best gay seduction scene ever filmed on a Ferris wheel. Unfortunately, you have to sit through the entire movie to get to it. Whether you want to will depend on your interest in explicit gay sex.