Outside the Law
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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 shaddy clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting destinies reunite them in the French capital, where freedom is a battle to be fought and won. (Studio Canal)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    Nov 3, 2010
    91
    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.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Philip Wilding
    May 2, 2011
    80
    Controversial and contended it may be in France, but whatever your stance this is another thrilling and thoughtful slice of history from the "Days Of Glory" director.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: David Fear
    Nov 3, 2010
    60
    Even the movie's trio of outstanding actors come off like mouthpieces from a creaky Group Theater play, spiced with an occasional Cagneyism or two.
  4. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    Mar 25, 2011
    25
    A stiff, unconvincing epic.

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  1. homandavoodi
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    a historical dram about Algeria being free and getting independent. story of the film involves about 20 years and the filmmaker shows how revolution influence on people's life and how dictators can be cruel.… Collapse

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