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Cercle Rouge, Le (re-release)

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Cercle Rouge, Le (re-release) reviews
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9.3 User Score:

Movie Info

Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller

Written by: Jean-Pierre Melville

Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville

Release Date:
Theatrical: January 10, 2003
DVD: October 14, 2003

Running Time: 140 minutes, Color

Origin: France / Italy

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet, Paul Amiot, Pierre Collet, and André Ekyan

A re-release of the 1970 French gangster film.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

There is one cool, understated scene after another.

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100

Boston Globe Ty Burr

For some of us, this constitutes a religious event.

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100

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

Watching Le Cercle Rouge, we're caught up in a world that, however improbable some of its twists and turns seem, strikes us as a perfect, imaginative creation.

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100

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

A glistening gem among caper movies, this impeccably elegant jewel-heist drama takes its title from Buddhist lore, its cast from France's great gallery of leading men, and its style from the unique blend of cinematic savoir-faire and brooding existential angst.

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100

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

The antidote to every square tough-guy caper you've ever seen, and the inspiration for many great ones. It is an existential imperative to seek out a showing and burn rubber to get there, preferably in an excellent car.

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100

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

A slo-mo gem of gangster cool, of vintage Hollywood noir reimagined by a French new waver in love with American cars, American jazz, and the kind of trench-coated tough-guys embodied by Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum.

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100

Los Angeles Times Manohla Dargis

A dazzling epic of love, guns, gangsters and cigarettes.

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91

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

When it was released in the United States more than 30 years ago, its distributor hacked away 40 minutes of its precise structure. This rerelease restores every meticulous second of Melville's cinematic fantasy.

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90

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Offers the kind of experience that makes you glad movies exist.

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90

Dallas Observer Andy Klein

It was Melville's second-to-last feature, and it shows him in top form, with a more generous dose of humor than usual.

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90

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

Melville seems to peer out from behind the camera with a reassuring wink and nod. Le Cercle Rouge is the most self-consciously cool of his famously underheated films noirs.

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90

Washington Post Desson Thomson

For students of cool ... Le Cercle Rouge is required viewing.

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90

New York Magazine Peter Rainer

At its best, the film compares favorably to its obvious antecedents, "Rififi" (which Melville once hoped to direct) and "The Asphalt Jungle."

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88

Miami Herald Marta Barber

As film noirs go, this one is a classic.

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80

Village Voice J. Hoberman

A work of leisurely development and tragic inevitability.

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80

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

Preserves and resuscitates the hard-boiled genre.

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80

Chicago Reader Bill Stamets

Key action points are edited with finesse, but the denouement, with its dutiful hail of gunfire, is heartless and mechanical.

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75

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

If you've got the patience, this is still one of the all-time exercises in cinematic cool.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Clearly a minor classic, mainly for reasons besides its crime story plot -- namely, the urbane fatalism of its cast and the overall mood of inevitability that hangs over every scene.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Steve K. gave it a10:
The transfer is pristine, the story is intriguing and, in it's genre, it's an absolute top rank example. What's not to love?

Anthony S. gave it a 9:
Subtle direction along with superb performances make what might seem like a banal story into a crime caper that has aged well. highly recommended.

Greg H. gave it a 7:
It...kind....of...drags....in.....some....spots....Good, but I don't think I would want to watch it again. It progresses a little too slowly, and contains a little too much detail in spots. I don't see how so many critics rated it at a hundred.

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