Le cercle rouge (re-release)
User Score
8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12

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  1. GregH.
    Nov 4, 2003
    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.
  2. AnthonyS.
    Sep 3, 2004
    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.
  3. SteveK.
    Jan 13, 2006
    10
    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?
  4. JMH
    May 7, 2012
    10
    Melville's impeccably constructed, paced, and plotted "Le cercle rouge" is the antithesis of overblown, contemporary Hollywood crime thrillers. And for the better in every sense. Hollywood may have rotted your mind leaving you without the attention span to take in such a film. But if it's not, or if you have a glimmer of hope it's not, watch this film. Melville's deliberate storytelling zooms in on the essence of the escape, the chase, and the heist; on criminals, other sordid figures, and cops. Everything the viewer needs and wants to know is spun out carefully and grippingly. There's not an explosion every 3 minutes in this film. There's no faux suspense. There are no fast-paced, quick thrills. Yet every moment of "Le cercle rouge" is richly absorbing crime drama of the highest order.… Expand

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Metascore
91 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    If you've got the patience, this is still one of the all-time exercises in cinematic cool.
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  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    80
    A work of leisurely development and tragic inevitability.
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  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    There is one cool, understated scene after another.
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