Man on the Train
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Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings
- Starring: Jean Rochefort, Jean-François Stévenin, Johnny Hallyday
- Summary: The story of two men who might never have met but for an accident, who appear to have nothing in common, yet who change each other's view of life at the last possible moment. (Paramount Classics)
- Director: Patrice Leconte
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
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Positive: 33 out of 36
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Mixed: 2 out of 36
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Negative: 1 out of 36
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100Leconte brings his film to transcendent closure without relying on stale plot devices or the clanking of the plot. He resorts to a kind of poetry. After the film is over, you want to sigh with joy, that in this rude world such civilization is still possible.
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80For those who find that most “life-affirming’ films leave them nauseous and sometimes angry, Man on the Train is a miracle of genuine uplift working with two characters probably fated to die.
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50Loses something in its transposition to America where the two leads are not nearly as widely known as they are in their home country of France.
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30Collapses in a heap of affirmational outbursts and metaphysical goop. The fond chemistry between the leads deserves a better movie.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
