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07/16/03
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:54
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: Melville is at the top of his game, giving us his next-to-last entry into the world of deception, crime, and extreme suspense that made him a maestro of the French heist genre.
Theatrical Release:Jan 10, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Recently released from prison, thief Corey (Alain Delon) finds himself caught up in a dangerous triangle... [More]
Starring: Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
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10/11/03
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10/18/08
There are moments that are brilliant, but I wouldn't put this film in the list of film noir classics.
06/13/03
It is supposed to be a classic film noir, but I kept feeling like the director was playing one giant trick on us to see how slow he could make it without putting everyone to sleep.
05/03/03
A fitting capstone to the French director who melded icy hipster cool with a Parisian underground of cops, robbers, and the unbreakable, unknowable bond between the two.
10/01/03
A seminal heist movie.
03/03/08
Le Cercle Rouge offers the kind of experience that makes you glad movies exist.
01/10/03
Top CriticHenri Decae's (1915-1987) marvelously precise cinematography, inspiringly attuned to Melville's tragic vision of the lives and deaths of the most stoical criminals in the noir genre, is alone worth the price of admission.
01/17/03
Top CriticThere are unforgettable tableaux of movement, meticulously executed with wordless cool.
04/11/03
Top-notch film noir with a bleak existential edge, executed with as much clinical precision as the crime it portrays.
04/30/04
Cercle's set piece -- which arrives well beyond the midpoint -- never has the carat-weight of the gem mounted in the middle of Rififi, but once it has turned that corner, the movie begins to soar.
05/01/03
Top CriticStylish, meticulous and moody, thanks largely to the work of cinematographer Henri Decae.
06/12/03
Top CriticLuscious modern French noir.
05/09/08
If you ever wanted to know how to look good wearing a trenchcoat, lighting a cigarette, handling a revolver, drinking a whiskey or overpowering an armed guard, Jean-Pierre Melville's 1970 gangster drama is your guide.
07/24/03
You have to admire Jean-Pierre Melville's ambition to make a sophisticated "b-movie" that is moody, intelligent and consistently engaging.
05/09/07
It is not one of the crime master's very best, but it is so much better than most of what we are seeing now.
04/18/03
A classic cornerstone of the heist genre from a master of the nouvelle vague.
12/30/06
Melville remained, in all his work and particularly his policiers, a classicist of calamity, a master of transforming the chaos of criminality into a form as refined as a sonnet or a minuet.
12/05/03
A glistening gem among caper movies.
03/03/08
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