This is French Noir mellowed by gentle humor, delightful characters, and a world of trenchcoat-clad wiseguys and streetside bars and gentlemanly manners that exists only in the romance of the movies.

| Nov 18, 2023

In the end, though, the execution of the heist is not shown, but rather entirely withheld because it does not matter. The process has been perfected.

| Jun 13, 2023

Bob is the singular example of Melville's style, both a product of American iconography, yet rooted in a certain French mysticism and poetry.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 2, 2022

Double-crossers may get it worst of all, but sympathetic thieves aren't immune to the law.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Aug 15, 2020

Bob is the perfect Jean-Pierre Melville hero...and Bob le flambeur (Bob the gambler) is about as characteristic a Melville movie as you'll ever see.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 9, 2019

Melville and his characters were wont to mutter sour-sweet epigrams about trust and loyalty, like "If there are two of you, one will betray." ... Nobody's perfect; this curtain line is. The lasting beauty is plain to see.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Feb 23, 2018

Jean-Pierre Melville's sly and svelte human comedy strikes an articulate cinephiliac give-and-take

| Jan 20, 2010

An overlooked masterpiece.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 3, 2008

Melville at his best

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 10, 2007

This light, breezy 1955 heist film is probably the least characteristic movie Jean-Pierre Melville ever made.

| Aug 1, 2007

Lagging direction, so-so thesping and usual femme and lowdown aspects of this type production make this an ordinary entry.

| Aug 1, 2007

At once a charming entertainment, a resonant character study, an ironic morality tale, and a bittersweet celebration of Montmartre.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 29, 2006

a generally absorbing and sometimes funny look at the capricious nature of Luck

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 20, 2006

A wonderful movie with all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize.

| Jun 24, 2006

Super cool.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 7, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 2, 2005

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 13, 2005

A must for those who like their crime capers cool and elegant.

| Apr 23, 2005

Its realism is not the reality of life, but of the kind of movies that give shape to the disordered lives of the people who watch movies.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 1, 2005

Um verdadeiro clssico do gnero noir, o filme conta com um protagonista fascinante e um roteiro repleto de momentos brilhantes.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 2, 2004