Features another superb performance from Jean Dujardin.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

Lovers of period crime capers and fans of the original Friedkin film should definitely take note. But those new to the considerable history behind the making of the film may feel a bit distanced by Jimenez's approach.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 28, 2020

The Connection is worth it almost solely on the basis of watching Dujardin and Sallette.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

A more sober exploration of this world would have been more effective in making this case to the skeptics-the very people who need to be convinced if this kind of more holistic thinking is to make inroads into the public at large.

| Mar 24, 2020

The Connection blends tense drama, upbeat humour and breathless action to depict the truth of this rugged underdog story.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 10, 2019

Style and star power make for a fine example of a crime thriller that fits in nicely within the crowd, even if fails to stand out from it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 5, 2019

The movie's strength is in its conception of Michel and Zampa, who develop a destructive rivalry, rooted in their mutual determination to prove their superiority.

| Aug 4, 2016

Not just a strong likeness of Michel, Jean Dujardin has the right over-sized presence for the honest Magistrate.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 20, 2016

It's familiar. We see the tale unfolding before our eyes from the beginning. But that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. It's a fast-paced story, confidently told.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 25, 2016

Excels at playing with expected genre conventions and crime story boilerplate to shrink a globe-trotting incident down to, essentially, a strategic game of cat and mouse.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 22, 2016

Jimenez hasn't exactly broken the period-crime-thriller mold, but he's built a solid entertainment, with techniques well absorbed from the American movie tradition.

| Dec 31, 2015

Dujardin and Lellouche are great here.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 31, 2015

Dujardin won an Oscar a few years ago without saying a word. He tops that performance here.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 27, 2015

Cédric Jimenez has clearly studied the Scorsese playbook. There's much of the same fluidity of storytelling here, the same rich, jewel-like colours, the same glamorous setting and crime-fuelled hedonism. But he isn't just another wannabe.

| Aug 14, 2015

A byzantine, if ultimately conventional, heroic tale that feels like a guided tour down a familiar alley.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 3, 2015

There is ample photographic evidence that the '70s were not, in fact, the best-looking, coolest decade ever. But you wouldn't know it from watching The Connection.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 25, 2015

Jimenez's effort is great, and the fact it was shot entirely on actual film gives it a grit that harks back to the time period in which it is set.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 25, 2015

It feels like a throwback to some classic crime stories, but it will remind you of movies that are better than it is.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 18, 2015

(It) has nothing new or original to show us. But the film is a success for its clear and functional presentation of an absorbing crime story.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 15, 2015

It's a bit horse and buggy for a movie about horse, but "The Connection" delivers a mild buzz.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 13, 2015