Autumn

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McGee aims for glossy noir and ends up with a pretty, but lifeless, heap of pretentious banality.

36%

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Movie Info

Veteran assassin Jean-Pierre (Laurent Lucas) suffers a crisis of conscience during his latest assignment. Abandoning his profession, he raises the ire of mob chieftain Noël (Michel Aumont), who must then send in a novice (Dinara Drukarova) to clean up Jean-Pierre's mess. Jean-Pierre wants a new life with Michelle (Irène Jacob), his childhood sweetheart, but Michelle's theft of a mysterious briefcase may drag him back to the world of crime.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

French (Canada)
Director:

Ra'up McGee
Producer:

Ra'up McGee
Box Office (Gross USA):

$10.5K
Runtime:

1h 50m
Production Co:

Next Week Filmworks

Cast & Crew

Laurent Lucas
Jean-Pierre

Irène Jacob
Michelle

Dinara Drukarova
Veronique

Michel Aumont
Noël

Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Hugo

Samuel Dupuy
Claude

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Critic Reviews for Autumn

All Critics (21) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (16)

Autumn is a nearly perfect satire of the pretentious French thriller. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't know it.

June 24, 2006 | Rating: 1.5/5

Nathan Lee
New York Times
A colossal misfire, a tedious film noir wannabe.

June 23, 2006 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
It's hard enough to care about why these people are striking fashion-model poses and shooting at each other without having to think about their poor, bruised inner children.

June 22, 2006 | Rating: C-

Noel Murray
AV Club
Hmm, has somebody seen Breathless? I guess so.

June 22, 2006 | Full Review…

Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
Pic overall has the look, depth and emotional impact of a glossy magazine fashion spread.

June 22, 2006

Joe Leydon
Variety
McGee may well have strong films in him, but this one feels pretentious and gassy.

June 22, 2006 | Rating: 2/4

Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
What emerges is imperfect but shows a bravura talent with an engagingly elliptical storytelling style.

February 7, 2007 | Full Review…

Frank Lovece
Film Journal International
I'm not sure this is a parody or not.

June 9, 2006 | Rating: 1.5/5

Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
The film looks great, but there's nothing under the high-gloss veneer.

June 9, 2006 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide
An unsavory pastiche of the familiar and the overdone, flavored with faux-pungent, existential, interminable dialogue.

June 9, 2006 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Saul Austerlitz
Boxoffice Magazine
The cast is uniformly effective, from veteran Aumont down to relative newcomer Droukarova, who gives a muted but compelling performance.

June 8, 2006

Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
The seamy underbelly of Paris seen through romantic American eyes keeps the noir alive.

June 7, 2006 | Rating: 7/10

Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

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Audience Reviews for Autumn

Jun 10, 2007

I'm not sure I really understood this movie. Whatever.

a b Super Reviewer
Jan 24, 2007

i wanted to love this film, and i definitely liked it quite a bit, but ultimately it fell a bit flat. often good movies are made good through the details, and the details are where this film stummbled. the film was well shot and the story was great but it was ill-explained. i love thinking in movies but i had to think about things in this film that i shouldnt have had to think about because the pieces werent put together well enough. good flick however.

danny d Super Reviewer