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Lucie Aubrac

EMAILPRINTUSA Films

Lucie Aubrac reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Claude Berri
Lucie Aubrac (book)

Directed by: Claude Berri

Release Date:
Theatrical: September 17, 1999
DVD: January 25, 2000

Running Time: 115 minutes, Color

Origin: France

Summary

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)

What The Critics Said

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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.

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100

Chicago Tribune Barbara Shulgasser

This is one not to be missed.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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75

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Oddly undramatic.

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75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

Gorgeous re-creation of another time.

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70

Film.com John Hartl

A very romantic picture.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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63

Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan

Achieves the rare feat of fusing tightly ratcheted suspense with intense romance.

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63

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Feels less like history than a bad episode of "Mission: Impossible."

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63

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Has too much docudrama and not enough soul.

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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.

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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.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Handsomely photographed and acted...defiantly old-fashioned testament to the power of love.

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50

Boston Globe Jay Carr

Seems so preoccupied with genuflection that it never achieves its subject's heart-pounding immediacy.

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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.

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42

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Manages to take great characters and a great plot and leach them of all blood, terror, and excitement.

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40

Film.com Henry Cabot Beck

The adherence to specific facts and actual events hampers the film, as it often does biographical movies.

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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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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

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