Politist, adj. (Police, Adjective)2009
Politist, adj. (Police, Adjective) (2009)
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Cast
as Cristi
as Nelu
as Anghelache
as Anca
as The Prosecutor
as Costi
as Sic
as Vali
as Dana
as Gic
as Officer on Duty
as Alex
as Doina
as Victor
as Alex's Father
as Alex's Mother
as Bartender
as Shopkeeper
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Critic Reviews for Politist, adj. (Police, Adjective)
All Critics (73) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (16) | DVD (2)
Necessarily infuriating but finally very rewarding.
An absorbing and contemplative detective story in which the high point of the action involves reading from a dictionary. Really.
It's unlike anything Hollywood would dare to make.
Porumboiu's style is steady, observational, his camera tracking Cristi along the streets in much the way Cristi tracks his subject.
I suspect that those versed in the arcana of Romanian politics will get the most out of this movie, but its moral issues, revolving as they do around matters of rightness and repression, are certainly universal.
Simultaneously a police procedural, an analysis of language and imagery, a philosophical debate about law and justice, and a very, very dry Romanian Martini -- so dry that, at first, one doesn't quite taste much of anything.
Audience Reviews for Politist, adj. (Police, Adjective)
This Romanian film is definitely not for everyone, considering its peculiar directing style and sluggishly slow pace, but those willing to sit through it will find a thought-provoking and morally challenging narrative with a particularly outstanding final act.
Super Reviewer
A world weary Romanian cop tails some poor schmuck of a kid who's out smoking hash with his friends: should his bust the lump, or try to nail his supplier? But if he does it, the kid's life is in the crapper ... what to do, what to do? But this is only one problem in the cop's life. His wife is getting restless. Her husband doesn't seem to care about things, the important things, like about words and their meanings and how that intersects with our lives. You may decide, like the cop, to exclaim, "who thinks about this stuff?!? Who's got the time?!?" Or, you may give this slow simmer of a tale a chance to steep.
Super Reviewer
Definition of 'slow' (don't watch this if your sleepy), earnest, European arthouse indulgence. Certainly puts across the tedium of police work with langorous passages where we watch, wait and walk with the characters.
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