Alexander Van Zyl’s review published on Letterboxd:
Not sure how it'll be for individual-to-individual, but with possibly the expection of Belle De Jour, I found this to be the auteur's most accessible work -- and so, a phenomal place for anyone to start his filmography. Like most of the films I've seen from him, it has his signature style and feel to it all over; an engaging story mixed with slight moments of surrealism. Here, althought not totally revolutionary in its story anymore because it's totally obvious it has been copied to death, it is still one of the most spellbinding, engaging and just plain phenomenal coming-of-age films ever made. Which as you might have guessed is so because of how it nails eveything it wanted to, to perfection, but also because of how it has that said signature Buñel surrealism spark -- that egg tossing scene made my jaw freaking drop!
Can't believe I saw so much of his work before this (lol), but like all his work I've seen so far, it's for sure a new favourite.
(Catch it while it's still on YouTube)