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... [More]
Starring: Roger Duchesne, Isabel Corey, Daniel Cauchy
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
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Reviews for Bob Le Flambeur
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 4/5 |
An overlooked masterpiece. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Melville at his best
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This light, breezy 1955 heist film is probably the least characteristic movie Jean-Pierre Melville ever made. Full Review |
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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 |
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4/4 |
At once a charming entertainment, a resonant character study, an ironic morality tale, and a bittersweet celebration of Montmartre. Full Review |
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3/4 |
a generally absorbing and sometimes funny look at the capricious nature of Luck Full Review |
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A wonderful movie with all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Super cool.
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5/5 |
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A must for those who like their crime capers cool and elegant. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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 |
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5/5 |
Um verdadeiro clássico do gênero noir, o filme conta com um protagonista fascinante e um roteiro repleto de momentos brilhantes.
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5/5 |
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4/4 |
Bob le Flambeur (1955) has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Melville's actually more interested in his central character's gentlemanly heroics and fractured obsession with risking everything at the roulette table. Full Review |
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82/100 |
In a world sliding toward self-interested decadence, Bob le Flambeur maintains his dignity and humanity in the face of long odds. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A brisk heist movie that embraces cinema's past and points toward its future. Full Review |
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Definitely worth checking out on the big screen in a fresh print.
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3/4 |
less interested in the mechanics of the heist than ... the existential ramifications for the characters and how the sly intervention of fate Full Review |
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4/5 |
Textbook noir. Full Review |
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