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10/18/08
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Roman de Gare (2008)
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Reviews Counted:71
Fresh:62
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Claude Lelouch has crafted an engaging thriller about murder and romance with plenty of stylistic panache.
Theatrical Release:Apr 25, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $1,735,301
Synopsis: True to its title, ROMAN DE GARE (CROSSED TRACKS) finds famed French director Claude Lelouch (UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME) jumping between time and loyalties in this suspenseful mystery about fate and... [More]
Starring: Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Zinedine Soualem
Director: Claude Lelouch
Reviews for Roman de Gare
The twists and convolutions of the film’s beginning and end enable a middle that is dizzying domestic comedy.
04/25/08
Top CriticLelouch and his longtime writing partner, Pierre Uytterhoeven, slyly exploit and subvert audience expectations.
05/30/08
The thriller elements that become the crucial threads in the third act are a bit clunky and the resolution is not convincing, either dramatically or romantically, but the film is nonetheless an entertaining journey
10/31/08
A glossy, enjoyable thriller that isn't quite as tricky or Hitchcockian as it wants to be, Roman de Gare gets by on high style and nice central performances by rubber-faced Dominique Pinon and Audrey Dana.
05/01/08
Top CriticDespite all my reservations, I think it is worth seeing, though I do not approve of all the trickery involved.
04/24/08
Top Critic...delightful and intriguing...
05/14/08
I can’t say that I love all of Roman De Gare, but it is worth reporting that the first half of the film is nearly perfect -- a master’s piece.
04/23/08
Roman de Gare is a sleek, attractive package made even more appealing by a trio of exquisite performers.
06/08/08
A diverting but cool suspense puzzler whose payoff proves to be smaller and more mundane than its twisty, fluid setup.
04/20/08
It's vintage Lelouch, a cinematic page-turner racing from chic winery to hardscrabble farm to sleek yacht on the Mediterranean.
04/11/08
Top CriticAs fizzy and non-nutritive as a glass of sparkling wine, Roman de Gare is a crowd-pleasing blend of romance, farce and mystery that plays out a little like a Ruth Rendell mystery novel with Rendell herself as the chief suspect.
06/06/08
Claude Lelouch's ode to the 'train station novel' is a perfectly balanced genre blend of romance and suspense thriller that shifts gears like an Aston Martin on Route One.
05/01/08
With a winning combination of tension, romance and humor and picturesque locations from Paris to Burgundy’s vineyards to the seashore at Cannes, the film is a Francophile’s feast.
04/17/08
You'll be wondering if you've inadvertently stumbled into a David Mamet movie, it's that well done.
05/27/08
Claude Lelouch has concocted an intriguing brew with Roman de Gare, which only grows in interest and emotional depth as it proceeds.
04/15/08
It’s filled with intriguing characters, it has a fascinating initial premise -- and then it runs off the rails.
11/07/08
The movie is more entertaining than it is logical; its narrative leaps are sometimes ahead of our ability to believe them. But as the compellingly enigmatic Pierre, Pinon keeps us rapt.
05/16/08
Top Critic[Lelouch] masterfully switches tone without missing a beat and has truly created a masterpiece that can only get better the more times it's watched.
04/23/08
This goofy tale of self-emancipation, a love story made by a mature man wise to the possibilities of the improbable, is also a thriller with an unexpectedly dark edge.
05/15/08
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