Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Metascore
93 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    80
    A piercing satire of Italian investigative techniques, and an interesting meditation on the relationship between class and guilt.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    100
    Balkan probably gives her best performance to date to create a woman tormented by instability, sexual drive and psycho demons -- disjointedly portrayed in the script.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    90
    The movie survives beautifully both as an elegant thriller and as a study of the twisted infantilism that shapes the fanatic heart.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Elliott Stein
    90
    Petri's visually flamboyant film turns into a heady mix of Marx, Freud, Wilhelm Reich, and Brecht, with a bit of Dashiell Hammett thrown into the blender.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    90
    A provocative political thriller that is as troubling today as when it came out in 1970. Maybe more so.
  6. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Anthony Lane
    Oct 1, 2012
    90
    The film may have dated as a cautionary left-wing tale, yet it has stayed fresh as a study in the minutiae of power. [1 Oct. 2012, p.85]
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  7. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: David Fear
    Sep 25, 2012
    100
    A paranoid police procedural, a perverse parable about the corrupting elements of power, and a candidate for the greatest predated Patriot Act movie ever, Elio Petri's stunning thriller makes no attempt to hide the culprit behind the film's grisly murder.

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