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Lucie Aubrac
USA Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for violence
Starring
Daniel Auteuil,
Jacque Bonnaffe,
Eric Boucher,
and
Carole Bouquet
Lucie and Raymond's story is one of love, of the French Resistance in World War II, and of life. Cunning, resourceful, and romantic, Lucie risks her life for what the couple believes in. Her efforts to rescue the husband she passionately loves would seem to spring from the fertile imagination of a novelist... but this film is based on a true story. (October Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Claude Berri
Lucie Aubrac (book)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Claude Berri
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 25, 2000
Video: January 25, 2000
Theatrical: September 17, 1999
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
115 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
French (with English subtitles) |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
French director Claude Berri's exquisite, methodical Lucie Aubrac is a romantic thriller so tightly drawn it almost leaves one breathless.

100
Chicago Tribune
Barbara Shulgasser
This is one not to be missed.

90
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Lucie Aubrac has it all: a tender romance, acute suspense, terrific acting, and a camera style and and score that are beautiful yet understated...a major work, possessing breadth, depth and passion.

88
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
No-fat filmmaking aided by Berri's muscular formalism that, here, occasionally assumes the gritty focus of a taut, action thriller.

80
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Stirringly romantic...a gripping period thriller that clicks along without resorting to hyped-up shock effects or gimmicky suspense.

75
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
Oddly undramatic.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
Gorgeous re-creation of another time.

70
Film.com
John Hartl
A very romantic picture.

70
Film.com
Tom Keogh
If you like a little action with your war movies, or maybe some butt-kicking Resistance types and a Mission: Impossible-like finale, you won't be disappointed.

67
Portland Oregonian
Diana Abu-Jaber
Viewers looking for a big, political potboiler will be disappointed: Check your cloak and dagger at the door. But the film does have emotional fire.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's a love story, though, and all the more poignant for being one that actually survived under such tempestuous circumstances.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
Achieves the rare feat of fusing tightly ratcheted suspense with intense romance.

63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Feels less like history than a bad episode of "Mission: Impossible."

63
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Has too much docudrama and not enough soul.

60
LA Weekly
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
Aside from isolated flares of unchecked emotion ...Bouquet's Lucie is too far removed from our ken of romance and overriding purpose, or from Berri's for that matter, to be embraced entirely.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Handsomely photographed and acted...defiantly old-fashioned testament to the power of love.

50
Dallas Observer
Jimmy Fowler
Berri's film lacks both suspense and a heroine who actually breaks a sweat while hurling herself in the path of one of the 20th century's most merciless juggernauts.

50
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Seems so preoccupied with genuflection that it never achieves its subject's heart-pounding immediacy.

50
Village Voice
Leslie Camhi
This extraordinary story still sparks controversy in France, but in Berri's hands, it never comes alive...a shadow play of historical icons, rather than a portrait of people in love.

42
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Manages to take great characters and a great plot and leach them of all blood, terror, and excitement.

40
Film.com
Henry Cabot Beck
The adherence to specific facts and actual events hampers the film, as it often does biographical movies.

30
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Makes for a tiresome antidrama populated mainly by unambiguously good characters who might as well be invulnerable.


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