The rarely done genre of the French policier is alive and well in director Xavier Beauvois' dynamic movie

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 25, 2009

French version of upscale cop shows like NYPD Blue or The Wire.

| Jun 8, 2007

Lieutenant is a sly act of provocation, a repudiation of American filmmaking technique and of near-universal attitudes about cinematic violence.

| May 7, 2007

Gives the audience a strong sense that you're watching how things really go down in a police station... only without all the action and excitement of a 온라인카지노추천 cop show.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 24, 2007

To cut to the chase...this is a very French, understated, intelligent, slow, police procedural that ultimately engrosses and then surprises the viewer. If you don't see it in a theater, it would be a great rental.

| Mar 20, 2007

A quiet powerhouse of a film, an implacable, uncompromising French police drama, both old-fashioned and modern, that underlines the reasons impeccably made crime stories do so well on-screen.

| Mar 16, 2007

As a portrayal of the angst that permeates most police work...certainly a success. As drama, however, it's far from riveting.

| Original Score: C | Mar 3, 2007

A hugely satisfying policier that delivers exceptional performances.

| Mar 1, 2007

Still mourning the end of Helen Mirren in 온라인카지노추천's Prime Suspect? You might want to give Le Petit Lieutenant a whirl.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 15, 2007

Le Petit Lieutenant shows how good French movies can be when they stay French and don't try to go international.

| Feb 8, 2007

... you can sense Baye's struggling within the limits imposed on her.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 26, 2007

Basically a vivid meal of characters, plus coffee and wine and one gin tonic, Le Petit Lieutenant keeps true to its brasserie menu.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 19, 2007

The film's plot, revolving around a murder investigation that turns nasty, ticks along smoothly and efficiently. But it's ultimately more of a character drama, and a reminder that great acting often has little to do with words.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 19, 2007

Le Petit Lieutenant looks at Antoine's life with lyricism.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 12, 2007

Beauvois makes the milieu his own, too, showing us credible and affecting human beings caught up in a world that often reveals humanity at its worst.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 11, 2007

The movie's realism is unimpeachable, though American cops might be stunned by the idea of a half-dozen detectives being assigned to the murder of an anonymous floater.

| Jan 11, 2007

... one that will likely earn more respect from viewers than it will passion.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 30, 2006

...More than any film in recent memory, Le Petit Lieutenant conveys the relentless toll of big-city police work.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 15, 2006

Just as the French may overrate our cinema (Jerry Lewis, anyone?), we may overrate theirs. Take Le Petit Lieutenant -- please.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 15, 2006

Has a clipped, Bressonian quality that makes it frustrating but also increasingly fascinating.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 14, 2006