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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 50 m

Summary Two of the giants of French cinema, Claude Chabrol and Gerard Depardieu, team up for the only time for the director's 50th and final feature film, a wry thriller about a police commissioner trying to balance professional instinct with family duty. Once again, Paul Bellamy and his wife are spending their vacation at her family home in a q...

Directed By: Claude Chabrol

Written By: Odile Barski, Claude Chabrol

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 50 m

Inspector Bellamy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Two of the giants of French cinema, Claude Chabrol and Gerard Depardieu, team up for the only time for the director's 50th and final feature film, a wry thriller about a police commissioner trying to balance professional instinct with family duty. Once again, Paul Bellamy and his wife are spending their vacation at her family home in a q...

Directed By: Claude Chabrol

Written By: Odile Barski, Claude Chabrol

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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20% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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91
Jan 20, 2011
While the film is no groundbreaker, it is a paragon of elegance without austerity, and there's nothing like being in the confident hands of a master filmmaker.
By Marc Mohan FULL REVIEW
88
Feb 9, 2011
Chabrol as always shows a tenderness toward the lives of people who are exceptional only because crime touches them.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 27, 2010
This final film -- after so many dazzling studies of adultery, such as "La Femme Infidele (1969) -- is a touching and unfashionable hymn to married love. [1 Nov. 2010, p.121]
By Anthony Lane FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 10, 2011
Depardieu brings such easygoing authority to the title character that you're pulled into the investigation, even as Bellamy becomes increasingly bewildered by his home life.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 26, 2010
This upscale talkfest, which delights in its witty banter and sly references, could be helmer's most commercial work in quite some time.
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60
Dec 9, 2010
That sense of mischief and pleasure in the craft makes Bellamy a thoroughly intriguing and likeable experience. From Chabrol we would expect nothing less.
By Richard Mowe FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 9, 2010
Recently deceased master filmmaker Claude Chabrol's 50th and final feature, Inspector Bellamy, proves a sadly bland footnote to an illustrious and influential career.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Alicéléo, France 2 Cinéma, DD Productions, Région Languedoc-Roussillon, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Sofica Europacorp, Sofica Valor 7, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Alicéléo Cinéma
Release Date Oct 29, 2010
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline The Final Film of Claude Chabrol, France's Master of Suspense
Website http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/inspector-bellamy
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Festival Jean Carmet
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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