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Bernard Besserglik

Bernard Besserglik

Agrees with the Tomatometer 50% of the time.

Biography:
Film Critic, Hollywood Reporter
Publications:
Hollywood Reporter
Total Reviews:
25

Worst Reviewed Films

Showing 1 - 18 of 18
Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
71% Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2011) " Biopic of French proto-punk starts well but loses focus." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 1, 2010
87% Un Conte de Noël (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
58% Taken (2009) " Liam Neeson lends visibility to formulaic human-trafficking action thriller." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 26, 2008
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
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
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
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 Planète 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
78% A Very Long Engagement (2004) " The quest format keeps the story moving briskly, and Jeunet provides numerous pleasures, particularly visual, along the way." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 10, 2004
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