I'll Pass "NOT A FILM BUFF,? SHE PREFERS ?LA VIE RÉELLE? by CharlesHaas Polisse, a new French film about the Child Protection Unit of the French National Police follows a string of child abuse cases, some sexual some not, and sundry matters that the CPU (Brigade de...
Go Not for everyone! by It's one of those movies that moves so fast, you can't get up to pee. Exciting, fast-paced and deep in character development, but a tad macabre. Thought provoking but at the same time leaves you...
100 Boston Globe | Wesley Morris The entire movie is pitched at a scream. But the screaming is more Janis Joplin, Axl Rose, or Mary J. Blige than Jamie Lee Curtis. All the tears I shed were hard-earned. So were all the laughing and clapping and eye-covering. In each case, it was involuntary. Read full review
90 Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern What makes it such a singular experience is the convergence of fine acting, moral urgency and a willingness to linger on moments of great intensity. Read full review
88 Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey The mosaic of cases and caseworkers is like a season of "The Wire" distilled into two hours. Read full review
88 Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan Polisse is hard to watch at times, but it's also hard not to. Read full review