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An ambitious blend of comedy, thriller, and social commentary, The Fall of the American Empire lightens its heavy message with refreshing intelligence and wit.
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There are bigger incongruities around the corner... that bury the film's credibility. July 13, 2019 | Rating: C | Full Review…
There are bigger incongruities around the corner... that bury the film's credibility.
Adam Graham
This often well-acted and intriguing blend of caper and commentary comes off as forced and heavy-handed, scoring obvious points without offering anything particularly new. Heck, there's even a hooker with a heart of gold. June 20, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
This often well-acted and intriguing blend of caper and commentary comes off as forced and heavy-handed, scoring obvious points without offering anything particularly new. Heck, there's even a hooker with a heart of gold.
Cary Darling
Though jarringly violent at times, the film becomes a wash of low-keyed comic attitudes thrown into the works of a crime story. June 6, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Though jarringly violent at times, the film becomes a wash of low-keyed comic attitudes thrown into the works of a crime story.
Michael Phillips
When Pierre-Paul enjoys a gentle S&M scenario with Camille, while also quoting Plato's dialogues, "The Fall of the American Empire" reaches peak eyeroll-inducing wish fulfillment. June 5, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
When Pierre-Paul enjoys a gentle S&M scenario with Camille, while also quoting Plato's dialogues, "The Fall of the American Empire" reaches peak eyeroll-inducing wish fulfillment.
Ann Hornaday
Politics and social commentary aside, we are left with a crime film. One that isn't very suspenseful or particularly clever. June 4, 2019 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Politics and social commentary aside, we are left with a crime film. One that isn't very suspenseful or particularly clever.
G. Allen Johnson
An unbearably preachy post-financial-crisis civics lesson in heist movie drag. May 31, 2019 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
An unbearably preachy post-financial-crisis civics lesson in heist movie drag.
Simon Abrams
If it feels like everyone's a tool in a script instead of an engaging person, that's because that's the case. January 17, 2020 | Full Review…
If it feels like everyone's a tool in a script instead of an engaging person, that's because that's the case.
Matt Cipolla
I love the way [director Denys] Arcand blends different genres. This is satire, a romance and also a thriller. October 1, 2019 | Full Review…
I love the way [director Denys] Arcand blends different genres. This is satire, a romance and also a thriller.
Lael Loewenstein
...a thoughtful, good-hearted film full of unexpected turns, that has something in particular to say and it says it in a gentler, subtler way than most social satires might. August 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
...a thoughtful, good-hearted film full of unexpected turns, that has something in particular to say and it says it in a gentler, subtler way than most social satires might.
Cate Marquis
Arcand ends up overextending the crime-movie motif by trying to fashion a sedate tale about morality, which is an interesting premise, but this flatly acted heap of malaise doesn't do the idea justice. July 26, 2019 | Full Review…
Arcand ends up overextending the crime-movie motif by trying to fashion a sedate tale about morality, which is an interesting premise, but this flatly acted heap of malaise doesn't do the idea justice.
Corbin Smith
Sure you've seen a lot of this before, but Arcand and the cast manage to give it a fresh and interesting spin. July 15, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Sure you've seen a lot of this before, but Arcand and the cast manage to give it a fresh and interesting spin.
Micheal Compton
Liked everything abut this movie from its crafty actors to its crazy plot. Maripier Morin and Alexandre Landry are stars of tomorrow. July 11, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Liked everything abut this movie from its crafty actors to its crazy plot. Maripier Morin and Alexandre Landry are stars of tomorrow.
Jackie K. Cooper
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