Beau travail
Beau travail Image
Metascore
91 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

Your Score
0 out of 10
Rate this:
  • Starring: Denis Lavant, GrĂ©goire Colin, Michel Subor
  • Summary: The soldiers of a small French Foreign Legion outpost spend their days practicing drills and exercising. Sergeant Galoup seems to be the perfect Legionnaire: a brooding, young loner who runs his troop efficiently until Sentain, a new recruit, arrives and threatens to upset the balance of his world.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    100
    Riveting.
  2. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    100
    Elegant.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    A ruggedly beautiful landscape of desert and sea provides a dramatic setting for a psychological drama told with the utmost rigor--and unabashed eroticism.
  4. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Marta Barber
    50
    If only Beau Travail had a more dramatic edge, this nicely done film wouldn't have felt so long.
    All this critic's reviews

See all 20 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 4 out of 11
  1. Yvan
    10
    A stunning, melancholy film. Easily one of the best of the decade.
  2. JohnM
    10
    Beautiful. And that ending..... elusive, yet unforgettable. One of the best concluding sequences I've ever seen.
  3. MaxA.
    2
    Brooding, plodding, self-conscious and silly. This is a caricature of a French art film. It goes nowhere for an hour and a half while the protagonist poses and smokes lots of cigarettes. In a word: merde.… Expand

See all 11 User Reviews

Related Articles

  1. Movies

    Ranked: The Best Women Film Directors (and Their Films)

    Ranked: The Best Women Film Directors (and Their Films) Image
    Published: July 17, 2010
    Even in a year where the directing Oscar went to a woman for the first time, female filmmakers still don't receive the recognition that their male counterparts do. We look at the top women directors and their films, including the two best-reviewed live-action films of the summer.
    More »
  2. Best of the Decade, Movies

    Ten Years of Metacritic: The Best (and Worst) Movies of the Decade

    Ten Years of Metacritic: The Best (and Worst) Movies of the Decade Image
    Published: December 17, 2009
    Our best of the decade coverage continues with a look at the past ten years in cinema. While the decade's best-reviewed movie may not have been a commercial blockbuster (or even in English), our lists turn up plenty of recognizable names in addition to obscure gems you may have missed.
    More »

Current Movie Releases

Full List »
  1. Star Trek Into Darkness
    User Score 8.0
  2. The Great Gatsby
    User Score 7.7
  3. Evil Dead (2013)
    User Score 7.6
  4. The Croods
    User Score 7.4
  5. 42
    User Score 7.3
  6. Oblivion
    User Score 7.1
  7. Iron Man 3
    User Score 6.6
  8. Pain & Gain
    User Score 6.5
  9. Olympus Has Fallen
    User Score 6.4
  10. G.I. Joe: Retaliation
    User Score 5.5
  11. The Host
    User Score 4.6
  12. Scary Movie 5
    User Score 2.6
  13. Tyler Perry's Temptation
    User Score 2.0
All Current Movies »