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Comedy of Power

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Comedy of Power (2005)

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Reviews Counted:36

Fresh:29

Rotten:7

Average Rating:6.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: Celebrated French director Claude Chabrol (LA CEREMONIE) teams up with his regular muse, Isabelle Huppert, for this scandal-driven drama.

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Marilyn Canto, Robin Renucci

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Marilyn Canto, Robin Renucci, Thomas Chabrol, Jean-François Balmer, Pierre Vernier, Jacques Boudet

Director: Claude Chabrol

Director: Claude Chabrol

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Despite the title, there's no laugh-out-loud comedy in this mostly serious thriller.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
03/21/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
12/27/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Very little happens, and it has the look of a TV movie; yet the pace never seems to let up, the screen never seems empty, and its grip on your attention doesn't falter.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
12/14/07
Robert Hanks
Robert Hanks
Independent

The script is dapper and the story slick. But it is Huppert who gives it heft, style and star power.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
12/14/07
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

Chabrol is intriguing and relevant, but the power and the comedy are dissipated.

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12/14/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

A Comedy Of Power fails to dig deep into this idea, or into the life of its protagonist. It's largely left to the charismatic Huppert to make this sly but oddly slight drama a decent watch.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
12/13/07
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
BBC

No laughs – but still plenty to like in this diverting and insightful thriller that plays out in the higher echelons of the French judiciary and Parisian world of high business.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
12/13/07
Dave Calhoun
Dave Calhoun
Time Out

With Isabelle Huppert holding court and irresistibly dominating the proceedings, this is never really about the crimes she investigates - but it probably should have been, as the film, for all the quality of its performances, is a trial for the viewer.

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12/06/07
Anton Bitel
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11/30/07
Empire Magazine
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Chabrol film based on true life incident, the investigation of crooked executives at Elf Aquitaine, the French version of Enron. Isabelle Huppert is terrific starring as chief magistrate.

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06/08/07
Louis Proyect
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05/29/07
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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
05/12/07
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Chabrol observes the power games and intimidations with a matter-of-fact directness...

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05/09/07
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
MSN.com

It is long past time to recognize Claude Chabrol and Isabelle Huppert as one of the cinema's great actress-director collaborations.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
04/20/07
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Chabrol manages a brisk, light tone, even though the movie is mostly talk, and Huppert turns in a powerhouse performance.

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04/19/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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A witty, timely drama.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
03/02/07
Bill Stamets
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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...explores how power is never really diminished - it just changes hands.

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03/02/07
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

It's not often that you see the craft of cinema so perfectly executed -- or a group of fancy scoundrels so ruthlessly caught and skewered. Comedy of Power, like all of [Cluade] Chabrol's Hitchcockian films, is dark, smart and delicious.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
03/01/07
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Although Chabrol is celebrated as a master of suspense, his great movies, like this one and the underappreciated masterpiece Madame Bovary (also starring Huppert), meticulously expose the mechanisms of our entrapment.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Maria Garcia
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International

This movie can't commit to a genre, let alone a logical sequence or complete idea. But there is a wisdom in its blasé assessments and frivolous air: What's the point; where's the wine?

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
02/16/07
Wesley Morris
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