A Prophet (2009)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:11
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.8/10
Genre: Foreign Films
Reviews for A Prophet
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Full review at Movies for the Masses Full Review |
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A beautifully made but not completely intellectually satisfying mirror on contemporary French upward mobility. Full Review |
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for all its gripping excitement as a thriller, and its grim realism as a sociopolitical exposé of life inside, A Prophet is also concerned with the mysterious processes of education, assimilation and transfiguration. Full Review |
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The film shows Audiard to be the biggest beast in new French cinema. Full Review |
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A Prophet is an astonishingly detailed crime drama that could end up being this year's Gomorra, but although it's arguably more accessible. Full Review |
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A Prophet is a compelling, forceful drama. Full Review |
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'A Prophet’ is never less than believable, thoughtful and, although very uncomfortable at points, incredibly entertaining. Full Review |
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Audiard reaches a new level with this impeccably modulated prison drama. This is exhilarating filmmaking, a movie which instantly takes its place alongside the greats of the crime movie genre. Full Review |
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A smart, stylishly-directed and compulsively watchable thriller. Full Review |
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A Prophet works both as hard-edged, painstaking detailed social realism and as a compelling genre entertainment. Full Review |
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French master Jacques Audiard has challenged the thus-far mostly middling Cannes competition with a powerful prison drama that's an old-fashioned Bildungsroman in in-your-face, intensely realistic disguise. Full Review |
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The 62nd Cannes Film Festival has officially wrapped, with most commentators agreeing that this year's selection was a cut above. There were some disappointments, but plenty of... More...
May 24, 2009:
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Michael Haneke took Cannes' top honour tonight as his film, The White Ribbon, won the prestigious Palme d'Or. It's Haneke's third major Cannes prize but his first Palme d'Or.... More...
May 24, 2009:
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report - Critics Pick Their Awards Favourites
With the Cannes Film Festival winding down this weekend, talk is now turning to who will win the Palme d'Or this evening. We tracked down several journalists covering the fest... More...
May 19, 2009:
Cannes 2009: A Prophet Director Goes Dark for Next Project
The Cannes Film Festival is only halfway through, but an early favourite for the coveted Palme d'Or is Jacques Audiard's astonishing A Prophet, a tale of a young offender whose... More...
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