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Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (The Crime of Monsieur Lange) (1936)

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Jean Renoir was the director of The Crime of Monsieur Lange, but this French film might just as well have been made in Hollywood by Frank Capra. The titular Lange (Rene Lefevre) is an author of wild west novels. When the owner of the company that publishes Lange's works absconds with the company funds, Lange rallies the employees together to create their own publishing house. The publisher returns, disguised as a priest, and demands a share of the profits. Lange responds by killing the bounder.

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

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Critic Reviews for Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (The Crime of Monsieur Lange)

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (0)

It spins a loose and nondescript story, which ranges uncertainly between romantic comedy and solemn melodrama, about a publishing enterprise in which an author of cheap French Western fiction is the pivotal element.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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Jacques Prevert's screenplay has wit and economy, but it is the multiplicity of points of view implied in Renoir's fluid direction that lifts the film from propaganda to art.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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One of director Jean Renoir's most delightful comedies.

January 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

The film has some memorable characterizations and depicts adult situations with a much greater frankness than Hollywood was allowed at the time. Despite its clear moral exploration, however, the 78-minute running time is too brief for the film to become m

June 15, 2007 Comment
Douglas Pratt
DVDLaser Source: DVDLaser

A clever Renoir film, with a decidedly anti-capitalist message.

August 30, 2006 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Renoir's sanguine contribution to France's Popular Front.

July 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

One of Renoir's most completely delightful movies.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment
Geoff Andrew
Time Out Source: Time Out

Rich and complex.

March 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Zach Campbell
Slant Magazine

Fast, funny and loaded with charm, this is an unashamedly politically motivated film executed with all Renoir's trademark style.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment
Johnny Dee
Film4 Source: Film4

Underrated musical that is defiantly political but in a surprisingly intimate and character-driven way.

May 13, 2001 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
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fast-moving story about a child-man's fantasy life awaking his neighbors in solidarity; the bad guy's fantasy life becomes hiding in a priest costume & stealing

January 15, 2008
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Adam Mahler

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An allegory, or a parable, but at the same time a charming comedy in that very French, Renoir style. A rogue, bully, scallywag Fascist publisher lords it over his writers and other staff, including M. Lange who writes "Arizona Jim" stories. When he is killed in a train accident, the workers form a cooperative and

December 31, 2011
Art Stukas
Art Stukas

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