The French Kissers

"A zits-and-all portrait of the weird, wild and incredibly awkward time of adolescence, Gallic laffer "The French Kissers" plants plenty of heart-wrenching gags right in the smacker. Comicbook artist-cum-debuting helmer Riad Sattouf's rollicking tale of a pair of losers who suffer the small triumphs and endless humiliations of teenage sexual longing delivers a slew of grossouts a la "Superbad" and "American Pie," though the prop of choice here is an overused sock."

"The girls are portrayed as different, but certainly not morally superior. There is a casual emotional violence to all the characters that rings true; that's how we are before we mature and learn how to measure our venom and our response. All of this makes the film easy to digest, engaging and entertaining - especially with a demonstrative crowd. It has real heart and captures real feelings we recognise - or even vaguely remember."

"Profane and hormone-soaked teen comedy rings true."