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Bob Le Flambeur

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Bob Le Flambeur (1955)

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Reviews Counted:28

Fresh:27

Rotten:1

Average Rating:8.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: A compulsive gambler decides to try for the big time when he attempts to rob a heavily guarded casino. Superior progenitor of the "heroic" gangster/failed heist films popularized in America with... A compulsive gambler decides to try for the big time when he attempts to rob a heavily guarded casino. Superior progenitor of the "heroic" gangster/failed heist films popularized in America with RESERVOIR DOGS. [More]

Starring: Roger Duchesne, Isabel Corey, Daniel Cauchy

Starring: Roger Duchesne, Isabel Corey, Daniel Cauchy

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

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Apr 23, 2002

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An overlooked masterpiece.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
03/03/08
Channel 4 Film

Melville at his best

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08/10/07
Boo Allen
Boo Allen
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

This light, breezy 1955 heist film is probably the least characteristic movie Jean-Pierre Melville ever made.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
08/01/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Lagging direction, so-so thesping and usual femme and lowdown aspects of this type production make this an ordinary entry.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 1 Comment
08/01/07
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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At once a charming entertainment, a resonant character study, an ironic morality tale, and a bittersweet celebration of Montmartre.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/29/06
TV Guide's Movie Guide

a generally absorbing and sometimes funny look at the capricious nature of Luck

Full Review Source: Cinema Writer | comment Comment
08/20/06
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Cinema Writer

A wonderful movie with all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

Super cool.

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11/07/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

No review available.

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07/02/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A must for those who like their crime capers cool and elegant.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/23/05
Alan Morrison
Alan Morrison
Empire Magazine

Its realism is not the reality of life, but of the kind of movies that give shape to the disordered lives of the people who watch movies.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
02/01/05
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Um verdadeiro clássico do gênero noir, o filme conta com um protagonista fascinante e um roteiro repleto de momentos brilhantes.

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03/02/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

No review available.

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09/05/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Bob le Flambeur (1955) has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
07/08/03
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Melville's actually more interested in his central character's gentlemanly heroics and fractured obsession with risking everything at the roulette table.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
02/11/03
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

In a world sliding toward self-interested decadence, Bob le Flambeur maintains his dignity and humanity in the face of long odds.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
07/03/02
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

A brisk heist movie that embraces cinema's past and points toward its future.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
06/20/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Definitely worth checking out on the big screen in a fresh print.

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06/13/02
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
New Times

less interested in the mechanics of the heist than ... the existential ramifications for the characters and how the sly intervention of fate

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
06/13/02
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Textbook noir.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
04/13/02
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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