Despite the title, there's no laugh-out-loud comedy in this mostly serious thriller.
Comment
03/21/09
Comedy of Power (2005)
81
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:29
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.6/10
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
Director: Claude Chabrol
Get This Movie
Reviews for Comedy of Power
Click to read the article
12/27/07
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.
12/14/07
The script is dapper and the story slick. But it is Huppert who gives it heft, style and star power.
12/14/07
Chabrol is intriguing and relevant, but the power and the comedy are dissipated.
12/14/07
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.
12/13/07
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.
12/13/07
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.
12/06/07
Click to read the article
11/30/07
Top CriticChabrol 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.
06/08/07
Click to read the article
05/29/07
Top CriticClick to read the article
05/12/07
Top CriticChabrol observes the power games and intimidations with a matter-of-fact directness...
05/09/07
It is long past time to recognize Claude Chabrol and Isabelle Huppert as one of the cinema's great actress-director collaborations.
04/20/07
Top CriticChabrol manages a brisk, light tone, even though the movie is mostly talk, and Huppert turns in a powerhouse performance.
04/19/07
A witty, timely drama.
03/02/07
Top Critic...explores how power is never really diminished - it just changes hands.
03/02/07
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.
03/01/07
Top CriticAlthough 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.
03/01/07
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?
02/16/07
Top CriticRT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
Wes Anderson on Fox 
The director talks about puppetry perfection and his film, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Animated Oscar?
Hollywood.com ponders whether or not an animated film could win Best Picture.
TIME's Holiday Movie Preview
Richard Corliss previews the season's best offerings and hottest tickets.
Scenic Routes
The AV Club's Mike D'Angelo airs his beefs with Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds