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Bernard Besserglik

Agrees with the Tomatometer 50% of the time.

Biography:: Film Critic, Hollywood Reporter
Publications:: Hollywood Reporter

Total Reviews:: 23

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
—	——	Des vents contraires ()	— Hollywood Reporter Posted Dec 17, 2011
—	——	De Bon Matin ()	— Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 28, 2011
	——	When Pigs Have Wings ()	" A political parable with satirical bite." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 14, 2011
—	——	Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2010)	— Hollywood Reporter Posted Jul 27, 2011
—	——	Robert Mitchum est mort (Robert Mitchum Is Dead) ()	— Hollywood Reporter Posted Apr 22, 2011
	71%	Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2011)	" Biopic of French proto-punk starts well but loses focus." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Feb 1, 2010
	48%	La Fille de Monaco (The Girl from Monaco) (2009)	" Luchini's trademark mannerisms, which in some films can be irritating, are here perfectly judged and appropriate. Zem confirms his growing stature as a boxoffice attraction, [and] Bourgoin does well to keep her character from veering into caricature." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Jul 24, 2009
	80%	The Girl on the Train (La Fille du RER) (2010)	" The movie is held together...by the fluidity of his style and his characteristic blend of lightness and gravity." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Apr 3, 2009
	87%	Un Conte de No�l (A Christmas Tale) (2008)	" What's troubling is its lack of perspective on anything beyond the narrow, navel-gazing concerns of its characters." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Nov 4, 2008
	93%	Aanrijding in Moscou (Moscow, Belgium) (2008)	" Van Rompaey paints a warm and often witty picture of workaday life in modern (Flemish-speaking) Belgium." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 18, 2008
	58%	Taken (2009)	" Liam Neeson lends visibility to formulaic human-trafficking action thriller." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Feb 26, 2008
	37%	Savage Grace (2007)	" By scrupulously avoiding melodrama, [director] Kalin ensures that the characters remain recognizably human despite their flaws and monstrous weaknesses." — Hollywood Reporter Posted May 25, 2007
	57%	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)	" Succeeds reasonably well in achieving what many said was beyond the scope of cinema: conveying the world of scent and smell." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 19, 2006
	74%	Transylvania (2006)	" A love story with star actors and a bigger budget heightens the mainstream appeal of Tony Gatlif's ethnic road musical." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 18, 2006
	——	Fair Play (2006)	" [Bailliu's] corrosive humor will endear the movie to all those who enjoy the sight of the French behaving badly." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 28, 2006
	——	Najac Calling Over to You, Earth ()	" Najac purports to be a call to arms against globalization. In fact it is a celebration rather than a manifesto, a wry shrug at the contradictions involved in living off the land in the digital age, and all the more enjoyable for that." — Hollywood Reporter Posted May 26, 2006
	88%	Poison Friends (Les Amities malefiques) (2006)	" Student friendships, success and failure make for absorbing entertainment." — Hollywood Reporter Posted May 20, 2006
	——	Bled Number One (2006)	" Bled is a finely observed slice of life shot in a low-key semi-documentary style. The latest in a run of French-made movies dealing with Franco-Algerian cross-currents, it speaks volumes about the conditions of life in today's Algeria." — Hollywood Reporter Posted May 18, 2006
	43%	The White Planet (La Plan�te blanche ) (2006)	" A vivid tableau of a world that, as the filmmakers note in their closing sequences, is under threat." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Apr 19, 2006
	60%	Combien tu m'aimes? (How Much Do You Love Me?) (2007)	" While lightheartedness is not a quality one readily associates with Blier, the movie is more frankly entertaining than most of his previous work." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Dec 5, 2005
	——	Grey Souls (Les Ames grises) (2006)	" Murky but absorbing." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 11, 2005
	75%	Gabrielle (2005)	" Chereau spoils it all by frequently resorting to trivial mannerisms, slipping gratuitously into black and white, using freeze frames, slow motion or sudden fades to white and inserting silent movie-style titles." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 24, 2005

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