
The Godson
1967, Drama/Crime, 1h 32m
31 Reviews 10,000+ RatingsWhat to know
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Le Samouraï makes the most of its spare aesthetic, using stylish -- and influential -- direction, solid performances, and thick atmosphere to weave an absorbing story. Read critic reviews
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Jef Costello
Jane Lagrange

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Critic Reviews for The Godson
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An austere poem of crime, Le Samourai manages to have a grip of an old-fashioned potboiler as well. Not a half-bad combination.
January 8, 2018 | Full Review… -
Cold, masterly, without pathos, and not even particularly sympathetic; it has the noble structure of accuracy.
January 14, 2013 | Full Review… -
Melville's film had a major influence in Hollywood.
June 24, 2006 | Full Review… -
Achieves an atmosphere of mesmerizing, otherworldly beauty and grace.
October 24, 2005 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
[Melville's] style remains haunting and elegantly spare, just right for the kind of hit man who lives in silence, in bare and colorless surroundings, with a lonely caged bird.
May 20, 2003 | Rating: 4.5/5 -
Melville is much more interested in procedures than action. The film is so stripped down that we learn as much as we need to know about Jef in the film's first 15 minutes.
January 1, 2000
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