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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
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 RESERVOIR DOGS. [More]
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. [Less]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Roger Duchesne, Isabel Corey, Daniel Cauchy

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

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Release:

Apr 23, 2002

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An overlooked masterpiece.

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03/03/08 01:57 PM
Channel 4 Film
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Melville at his best

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08/10/07 01:28 PM
Boo Allen
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
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This light, breezy 1955 heist film is probably the least characteristic movie Jean-Pierre Melville ever made.

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08/01/07 07:09 PM
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.

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08/01/07 07:09 PM
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Variety
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At once a charming entertainment, a resonant character study, an ironic morality tale, and a bittersweet celebration of Montmartre.

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08/29/06 05:02 PM
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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a generally absorbing and sometimes funny look at the capricious nature of Luck

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08/20/06 01:43 PM
Jay Antani
Perihelion Journal
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A wonderful movie with all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize.

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06/24/06 03:40 AM
Time Out
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Super cool.

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11/07/05 06:14 PM
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
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No review available.

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07/02/05 06:17 PM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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A must for those who like their crime capers cool and elegant.

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04/23/05 03:48 AM
Alan Morrison
Empire Magazine
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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.

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02/01/05 10:01 AM
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 12:21 AM
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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09/05/03 11:26 AM
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Bob le Flambeur (1955) has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave.

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07/08/03 05:24 PM
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.

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02/11/03 08:37 AM
Jamie Russell
BBC
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In a world sliding toward self-interested decadence, Bob le Flambeur maintains his dignity and humanity in the face of long odds.

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07/03/02 01:15 PM
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
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A brisk heist movie that embraces cinema's past and points toward its future.

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06/20/02 12:45 PM
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Definitely worth checking out on the big screen in a fresh print.

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06/13/02 02:25 PM
Andy Klein
New Times
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less interested in the mechanics of the heist than ... the existential ramifications for the characters and how the sly intervention of fate

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06/13/02 08:23 AM
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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Textbook noir.

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04/13/02 11:52 AM
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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