Frantic
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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 4 out of 17

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  1. MaxL
    Aug 3, 2005
    10
    This was released in England as Lift to Scaffold. I saw it again recently and thought it was just as good as then. The thriller plot is very good but the execution of the movie was great. Miles Davis score (improvised) was amazing and worth seeing the movie just to hear how Miles was playing the score with the scenes. Moreau and Ronet were very good in it and Louis Malle made an excellent movie for his, I believe, second or third movie. The was he uses the shadows and the camera movement was very interesting. Definitely worth watching again and again.… Expand
  2. Filmfan
    Aug 5, 2005
    10
    Great film. Great cinematography, totally absorbing and entertaining.
  3. Mr.Hankey
    Apr 20, 2006
    10
    I am not hear to rate Elevator to the Gallows but one of my favorite films by Louis Malle because unfortunately it is not in metacritic. Au Revoir Les Enfants is a tale of two boys and their friendship that develops through struggle and understanding. The story is a beautiful and sad meaning that pops out of Louis Malle's somewhat autobiographical film. Because this is German occupied France their is pain and tragedy sweeping across the nation and all that pain is really connected with these two little boys secret and I will guess that you will just have to find out what that secret is. But this movie has made me think since it's story is so meaningful and proud. But yet you still will think that their is no end to this horrible fate that is to come. Becaue you will be saying at the end of the the film Au Revoir Les Enfants( Goodbye, Children ).… Collapse
  4. Luke
    Aug 16, 2005
    9
    Great Cinema.
  5. mrhulot_
    Mar 7, 2011
    10
    Fantastic film that anticipates the French New Wave.The cinematogrophy is incredible,and the jazz score by Miles Davis is one of the best ever ,in my opinion.Highly recommended.

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Metascore
93 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    75
    The film's look makes a divine accessory for its music, which Miles Davis composed. There's not even 20 minutes of it in the film, yet it still defines the atmosphere, transforming a crime yarn into a bebop noir.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    100
    A consummate entertainment rich with the romantic atmosphere of Paris in the 1950s. Coming at a turning point in French cinematic history, it drew upon several major talents - director Louis Malle, star Jeanne Moreau, cinematographer Henri Decaë, musician Miles Davis - and achieved near-legendary results with all of them.
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  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    100
    As French crime thrillers go, this is about as good as it gets.
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