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...
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