La Haine (Hate) (1995)
Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 0
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 0
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While to most outsiders Paris seems the very picture of beauty and civility, France has had a long and unfortunate history of intolerance toward outsiders, and this powerful drama from filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz takes an unblinking look at a racially diverse group of young people trapped in the Parisian economic and social underclass. Vinz (Vincent Cassel), who is Jewish, Hubert (Hubert Kounde), who is Black, and Said (Said Taghmaoui), who is Arabic, are young men from the lower rungs of the
Feb 9, 1996 Wide
Apr 17, 2007
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Cast
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Vincent Cassel
Vinz -
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Said Taghmaoui
Said -
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Marc Duret
Inspector "Notre Dame" -
Mathieu Kassovitz
Young Skinhead -
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Benoît Magimel
Benoit -
Joseph Momo
Ordinary Guy -
François Toumarkine
Hospital Police -
Karin Viard
Gallery Girl -
Peter Kassovitz
Gallery Patron -
Félicité Wouassi
Hubert's Mother -
Christophe Rossignon
Taxi Driver -
Philippe Nahon
Police Chief -
Andrée Damant
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All Critics (29) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (0) | DVD (15)
Writer-director Mathieu Kassovitz mines so much tension and pointed dialogue from a low budget and deceptively simple premise that you wonder why so much of current Hollywood's own social realism ends up shooting $50 million blanks.
Top CriticHate is, I suppose, a Generation X film, whatever that means, but more mature and insightful than the American Gen X movies.
The conveniently manufactured ending is a let-down, but the display of raw emotion and kinetic energy lingers with the viewer long after the film is over.
Mathieu Kassovitz's iconic film about race, violence, and class struggle is both rousing entertainment and brilliant filmmaking, beautifully redelivered in Criterion's new Blu-ray edition.
An inspired achievement from Mathieu Kassovitz.
by the end of its brisk and economic 97 minutes, you feel that you have been where the characters have been, breathed their air, and felt their pulse
A groundbreaking portrait of life in the banlieu for young disaffected males
to get an inside view of the situation, there simply is no better source than Kassovitz's disturbing urban study
One of the most blisteringly effective pieces of urban cinema ever made
...powerful...
Audience Reviews for La Haine (Hate)
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'La Haine' on the other hand has three leading characters, who, like the film itself, are quite frankly boring. There's no real depth to them, they're annoying, they're just three angry, bitter scumbags who can't function properly in decent social circles(with the exception of Hubert for the most part, however he can be just as bad, as showcased in the art gallery scene). The characters, especially Vincent Cassel's 'Vinz', quickly become tiresome. I'm afraid I'm all too familiar with these types, those playing the victim of society, moaning that they have no opportunities when they know full well that they could make something of themselves if they tried, they're just scared. People like that thrive off making a nuisance of themselves. However, that slightly sociological rant brings me onto some praise; I commend how accurately the characters are represented, but 90 minutes of these characters simply doesn't make for good viewing. Very little happens in 'La Haine', it relies on dialogue, and that certainly doesn't help it, it's no 'Pulp Fiction' in that respect. The narrative, much like its characters, is aimless, not good film making.
The only thing I'll remember about La Haine is its abrupt ending, which just serves as chronic bathos in my opinion. If the team responsible for this were aiming to recreate the dreary trials and tribulations of a few members of the Parisian underclass, they achieved admirably.
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Foreign Titles
- Hass (DE)
- Hate (La Haine) (UK)
