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"It's the kind of story that could easily have lent itself to a shallow, made-for-cable social history, but director Robin Campillo achieves a touching and pointed mixture of styles."

"Robin Campillo's outstanding AIDS activist drama melds the personal, the political and the erotic to heart-bursting effect."

"Robin Campillo’s Cannes competition film gracefully, sharply humanises a historical tragedy."

"Campillo's film has a furious forward momentum that's inspired by the determination of its characters and bolstered by Arnaud Rebotini's house-music score."

"Unlike some of its more unruly characters, the film is thoroughly well-behaved, and cycles between its elements with a realistic, somewhat dogged, sense of routine: marches, protests, post-mortem discussion, dancefloor, bed, repeat."

"Robin Campillo commemorates the legacy of direct-action group ACT UP with a movie that is tragic, urgent and full of cinematic life."

"Campillo's compelling narrative is something of a slow-burner."

"There's no shortage of incisive material contained here, and a more rigorous edit would greatly improve the lovingly made production's international prospects."