Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named "the cuties" at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity - upsetting her mother and her values in the process.... (Full plot summary below)
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Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named "the cuties" at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity - upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
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| RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloThe movie is so much more nuanced and bold than the first wave of outrage charged. With Cuties, Doucouré announces herself as a director with a keen visual style who’s unafraid to explore these cultural and social tensions. |
| TheWrapCarlos AguilarBolstered by an infectiously reckless joie de vivre and artfully handled hard-hitting truths, Cuties diffuses the impulse to dismiss it as just one more example of a trend. |
| The New YorkerRichard BrodyDoucouré pays keen attention to Amy’s quest for a self-made identity—and to a sexualized, commercialized mainstream culture that deludes children, especially those raised in cultural isolation. The film’s ultimate subject is the ghetto itself; a remarkable symbolic ending redefines French identity. |
| EmpireBeth WebbCuties is a thematically bold yet nuanced study of displacement and duty that deserves to be seen as an auspicious and astute debut, not the source of scandal. |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangSociety’s rampant sexualization of preadolescent girls is one topic that Doucouré subjects to tough critical scrutiny; she’s made an empathetic and analytical movie, not an exploitative one. |
| Film ThreatSabina Dana PlasseThe performance of Fathia Youssouf is impressive as she transforms her diminutive, naïve self into a towering force. |
| Slant MagazinePat BrownMaïmouna Doucouré has a remarkable grasp of the irrationality and volatility of middle-school social dynamics. |
| The PlaylistAndrew BundyIts approach may not always work, but the film is undeniably ambitious, and implemented in an affecting way. |
| IndieWireKate ErblandAlthough Doucouré steeps Cuties in emotion and experience, she abandons its grace to make crazier gestures. |
| Rolling StoneDavid FearIt’s a portrait of girls that decries how sexuality is force-fed to them and/or viewed as the only way to foster self-esteem at far too young an age. It is the polar opposite of what it’s accused of being. |
