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2010
R
Music Box Films
2 h 13 m

2010
R
Music Box Films
2 h 13 m

Summary Now back in France, Mesrine is finally in police custody and facing justice for his crimes. After escaping a courtroom and kidnapping the judge at gunpoint, Mesrine is declared Public Enemy Number 1 and is eventually condemned to a maximum-security prison where he writes his memoirs, establishing himself as a household name and the anti-...

Directed By: Jean-François Richet

Written By: Abdel Raouf Dafri, Jean-François Richet

2010
R
Music Box Films
2 h 13 m

2010
R
Music Box Films
2 h 13 m

Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

72

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 33 User Ratings

7.4

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Summary Now back in France, Mesrine is finally in police custody and facing justice for his crimes. After escaping a courtroom and kidnapping the judge at gunpoint, Mesrine is declared Public Enemy Number 1 and is eventually condemned to a maximum-security prison where he writes his memoirs, establishing himself as a household name and the anti-...

Directed By: Jean-François Richet

Written By: Abdel Raouf Dafri, Jean-François Richet

Where to Watch

Top Cast

Vincent Cassel

Jacques Mesrine

Ludivine Sagnier

Sylvia Jeanjacquot

Mathieu Amalric

François Besse

Samuel Le Bihan

Michel Ardouin

Gérard Lanvin

Charlie Bauer

Olivier Gourmet

Le commissaire Broussard

Georges Wilson

Henri Lelièvre

Michel Duchaussoy

Le père de Jacques Mesrine

Anne Consigny

L'avocate de Jacques Mesrine

Laure Marsac

La journaliste de l'interview

Alain Fromager

Jacques Dallier - un journaliste de Minute

Alain Doutey

Le président du tribunal de Compiègne

Arsène Mosca

Jojo - un policier

Christophe Vandevelde

L'inspecteur Gégé

Luc Thuillier

Le commissaire de l'OCRB, Lucien Aimé-Blanc

Serge Biavan

L'inspecteur de la SRPJ

Pascal Elso

Le commissaire de la SRPJ

Isabelle Vitari

La caissière

Michaël Vander-Meiren

Le premier gendarme à Compiègne

David Seigneur

Le second gendarme à Compiègne

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

83% Positive
15 Reviews

17% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

83% Positive
15 Reviews

17% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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San Francisco Chronicle

The films never lose sight of Mesrine the man, a fascinating character in that he's brutal yet extremely intelligent, has a skewed but discernible conscience, and, under the right circumstances, can be warm and generous.

By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

Chicago Sun-Times

In most movies, we know the police bullets will never find their target. With Mesrine, (1) sometimes they do, and (2) in real life, he survived an incredible 20 years with the police firing at him at least annually.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 33 User Ratings

82% Positive
27 Ratings

12% Mixed
4 Ratings

6% Negative
2 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 33 User Ratings

82% Positive
27 Ratings

12% Mixed
4 Ratings

6% Negative
2 Ratings

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Orlando Sentinel

Jan 19, 2011

The lack of dramatic tension that knowing the ending before you being creates isn't a huge drawback.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

Although Killer Instinct is the better of the two parts, Public Enemy No. 1 is a worthy continuation, providing closure to a tale that was interrupted just as things were getting really interesting.

By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW

Performs the unlikely trick of being both taut and plotless.

By Anthony Lane FULL REVIEW

By the end, Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 has turned nearly as flabby as its aging antihero.

By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

Mesrine's promised end in November 1979 arrives as history recorded it, but, by that time, you're hoping the next vogue in biopics is the short film.

By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company La Petite Reine, M6 Films, Remstar Productions, Canal+, TPS Star, 120 Films, Natexis Coficiné, Uni Etoile 4, Uni Étoile 5, Cinémage 2, Banque Populaire Images 8, Région Haute-Normandie, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Pathé

Release Date Sep 3, 2010

Duration 2 h 13 m

Rating R

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Website http://www.musicboxfilms.com/mesrine-public-enemy-no.-1

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Awards

César Awards, France

• 3 Wins & 10 Nominations

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

• 3 Nominations

Tokyo International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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