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  • 2010
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 2 h 18 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 2 h 18 m

Summary After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually,...

Directed By: Rachid Bouchareb

Written By: Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb

  • 2010
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 2 h 18 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 2 h 18 m

Outside the Law

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually,...

Directed By: Rachid Bouchareb

Written By: Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
59
57% Positive
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36% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
59
57% Positive
8 Reviews
36% Mixed
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7% Negative
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91
Nov 3, 2010
Rachid Bouchareb's intensely dramatized, passionately partisan story of militancy in the struggle for Algerian independence from France after World War II makes effective use of "Godfather" storytelling theatrics.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 24, 2011
An epic film about Algeria's fight for liberation from France, with three outstanding performances and a grand, sweeping feel.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 5, 2010
A powerful, decades-spanning epic about that country's fight for independence centering on three brothers.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
65
Nov 3, 2010
A companion film to "Days of Glory," Rachid Bouchareb's 2006 feature about Algerian soldiers who fought for France in World War II, Outside the Law is another historical drama with a heavy heart and a knack for genre.
By Michelle Orange FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 24, 2011
A great-looking, fast-paced film and, to his credit, Bouchareb doesn't bathe the F.L.N. in a completely flattering light. But narrowing the focus to one central conflicted character and tightening the time frame might have given the audience something more to ponder than the action of a historical revenge thriller.
By Jennie Punter FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 4, 2010
As powerful and well made as it is, Outside the Law is too schematic and single-minded to lodge itself in your mind as a fully realized cinematic epic. Its few female characters are sketchy at best. It is all politics, all the time.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
25
Mar 25, 2011
A stiff, unconvincing epic.
By Rene Rodriguez FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tessalit Productions, Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel (AARC), EPTV, Tassili Films, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Kiss Films, Novak Production, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), uFilm, Quinta Communications, Eagle Pictures, Ministère Algérien de la Culture, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Agence Nationale pour la Cohésion Sociale et l'Egalité des Chances (ACSE), Fonds Images de la Diversité, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Quinta Studio Tunisie, Cofinova 6, Cinémage 4, Canal Plus Image, Uni Étoile 7, Canal+, CinéCinéma, France Télévisions, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Umedia
Release Date Nov 3, 2010
Duration 2 h 18 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Three brothers. One destiny. Freedom at all costs.
Website http://www.horslaloi-lefilm.com/
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Damascus Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination

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