The Swindle (1997)
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Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 16 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Synopsis:
In Claude Chabrol's fiftieth film, two lifelong partners in crime, Betty (Isabelle Hupert) and Victor (Michel Serrault), operating out of a small RV, criss-cross the country, hopping from convention to convention and scamming bourgeois businessmen out of petty sums of money. They make... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer, Jackie Berroyer
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As a cinematic confection from one of the masters, it's cotton candy, evaporating before it ever gets good.
08/31/06 10:04 AM
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02/21/04 07:01 AM
Top Critic
The Swindle might not be a deep film, but it makes no missteps in showing us the steps these two small time crooks take as they attempt to pull off a big time con.
07/29/02 06:51 PM
Você pode até não rir durante a projeção, mas sairá do cinema com um sorriso de lado, admirado com a esperteza - e falta de escrúpulos - daquele casal tão simpático.
05/31/02 02:06 PM
It's another wickedly humorous psychological thriller that provides a showy part for [Chabrol's] favorite star, Isabelle Huppert.
04/03/02 08:19 AM
A work of superb yet unpretentious film craftsmanship by a past master and an impeccable cast and crew.
02/14/01 08:22 AM
Top Critic While the film's leisurely pace makes some of the more dramatic scenes seem a little flat, the talented cast ultimately overcomes the film's shortcomings.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Top Critic Top Critic Trust no one. Suspect everyone. It will still have one more angle to unfold that you will not anticipate.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
The ambiguous pairing of Victor (Serrault) and Betty (Huppert) is both comfortable and playful.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Top Critic Pleases the eye without ever awakening the mind, offering a delicately told tale of intrigue and corruption without ever awakening the basic human passions which are supposedly its subject.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Chabrol's plot is silly, wholly unbelievable even for light fare, and downright confounding.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
It's a fluffy, good-natured exercise in style that succeeds just fine, but doesn't leave you wanting any more.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Illustrates the way that comedy is serious business, divulging remarkable intelligence to viewers about the human condition.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Like The Grifters and Bound, The Swindle succeeds because, in addition to telling an engaging crime story with vivid characters, it never takes itself too seriously.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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