I was a major fan of last year's THE INSULT and was curious to see this at TIFF. Let's just say it has nowhere near the maturity, insight, and prowess of Ziad Doueiri's work. At the screening for CAPARNAUM, we saw several people rolling their eyes at what is so clearly a film designed to make a person cry -- and so cheaply. The fact that the director cast herself as a legal "savior" to the little boy says it all.
Review of Capernaum
