By the sheer strength of [Isabelle Huppert's] performance alone, Comedy of Power is Chabrol’s best film since 1995’s La Cérémonie.
Comment
02/03/07
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
One cannot imagine a similarly sophisticated fictional treatment of the Enron case from the point of view of both the accusers and the accused; in Hollywood movies, there is only right and wrong. Chabrol’s Comedy of Power is much wiser than that.
01/31/07
Top CriticChabrol has fashioned a mystery that caves in on itself, but unfortunately, it caves in on the audience, too.
01/17/07
Top CriticThe movie sags in the middle. Even an acrimonious split between the judge and her husband doesn't raise the emotional stakes because love appears to have gone out of this relationship long ago.
01/13/07
Top CriticIt is quite entertaining, thanks mostly to a delicious performance from Chabrol favorite Isabelle Huppert.
01/05/07
Would that Chabrol were as fiery with the script (co-written by Odile Barski). It's suspenseless and toothless, and you never get the feeling the case Jeanne is investigating is a big deal.
01/05/07
Draggy for long stretches, and never funny, Comedy of Power is a showcase -- as if she needed another -- for Huppert's chameleon qualities.
01/05/07
Top CriticSpring has come early. Like a breath of unexpected warm air, French actress Isabelle Huppert lowers her guard.
01/04/07
Comedy of Power is not Claude Chabrol's deepest or most ambitious film, but Isabelle Huppert's ferocity compensates for the director's detachment.
01/04/07
Top CriticIn Claude Chabrol's shark-toothed new drama, (inspired by the real-life 'Elf Affair' that implicated oil company magnates), Huppert exudes disarming briskness as her Jeanne mercilessly topples corporate giants and spits out big-cigar politicians.
01/04/07
Top CriticThere’s a touch of Buñuel’s acid in the proceedings; how fine manners mask corrupt character, and how courage and determination come at the price of isolation and callousness. Fine cinematography by Eduardo Serra.
01/04/07
Chabrol creates an unexpectedly humane portrait of bubble worlds in collision.
01/03/07
Top CriticTrekkies believe in a curse on odd-numbered Star Trek movies. I have a theory that every other Claude Chabrol production sucks.
12/21/06
Un irónico vistazo a los vericuetos del poder y la justicia, mucho menos interesante de lo que se esperaba. La estupenda Isabelle Huppert levanta el interés.
11/06/06
[Huppert] gets at the comedy of the character by allowing her curt command to give way to the look of the cat who ate the canary.
07/02/06
[A] film that delivers quite a few chuckles but generally is very tame; all the characters never really leap off the screen and into your heart.
04/25/06
Enjoyable as a sardonic glimpse of unspoken codes at the intersection of politics and business.
04/25/06
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
MSN's Year in Review 
Take a look at MSN's choices for the Top 10 films of 2009.
Moviefone's Year End Movie Poll
What were your favorites? Least favorites? The funniest and scariest? Moviefone wants to know!
Tarantino's Characters
Hollywood.com explores why QT's characters resonate so well with audiences.
Top 10 Movies of 2009
TIME chimes in with their own list of the best films released this year.
Top 20 of the Decade
Click through to see which movies BuzzSugar placed in their Best-of-Decade list!
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds