New Polisse movie list

New movie list Polisse Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for 13 César Awards, Polisse follows the daily lives of a tight-knit team of men and women working in the Child Protection Unit of the Parisian police. Basing her richly textured script on real child investigation cases, writer-director actor Maïwenn has gathered an accomplished ensemble cast of French actors who convey the emotional strain of the unit's work with gritty realism. They not only deal with the stress of their jobs but the inevitable fall-out in their personal lives-breakdowns, divorce and adulterous relations within the force. In between, there are frequent flashes of humor as the team attempts to diffuse daily realities. As the cases,confessions and interrogations pile up, the squad members have only each other as support as they face an uphill battle against both criminals and bureaucracy. -- (C) IFC Release Date Polisse May 18, 2012 Limited
Actors For Polisse
Karin Viard,Joey Starr,Marina Foïs,Nicolas Duvauchelle,Maïwenn,Karole Rocher,Emmanuelle Bercot,Frederic Pierrot,Arnaud Henriet,Naidra Ayadi,Jérémie Elkaïm,Riccardo Scamarcio,Sandrine Kiberlain,Vladimir Yordanoff,Louis-Dominique de Lencqu...,Laurent Bateau,Riton Liebman,Carole Franck,Anne Suarez,Anthony Delon
Genres Polisse : Art House & International,Drama
User Ranting Polisse : 3.9
User Percentage For Polisse : 81 %
User Count Like for Polisse : 4,143
All Critics Ranting For Polisse : 6.9
All Critics Count For Polisse : 75
All Critics Percentage For Polisse : 88 %
Review For Polisse
[O]ne of the best based-on-facts police pictures. Stanley Kauffmann-The New Republic Bluntly edited, with no hand-holding transitional scenes, the film is an intimate portrait of an idealistic, understaffed, sometimes wrongheaded team battling youth prostitution, thievery rings and adult predators from every class of society. Colin Covert-Minneapolis Star Tribune It's messy, boring, funny, suspenseful, touching, jubilant and tragic. Michael O'Sullivan-Washington Post A fascinating multicharacter drama about the police who work in Paris' child protection unit. Mick LaSalle-San Francisco Chronicle Rarely does one see a movie so knowing in some respects and so clueless in others. Ben Sachs-Chicago Reader All the tears I shed were hard-earned. So were all the laughing and clapping and eye-covering. Wesley Morris-Boston Globe The French drama is a gritty and intimate look at big-city detectives that had me wondering what the French word for "wire" is. Rob Thomas-Capital Times (Madison, WI) ...a tough and mostly rewarding ride, sort of like a full season of a novelistic cable drama like The Wire compressed into a two-hour serving ... Philip Martin-Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Polisse connects fitfully through its sheer urgency -- it's a work of deep feeling. But the movie, which opts for a baseline emotional setting of overheated, eventually starts to come across as pummeling, and one-note. Brent Simon-Shared Darkness A (chaotic) tour-de-force ... Graham Young-Birmingham Post It's an affecting film that's has stuck with me since I left the theatre. Matthew Toomey-ABC Radio Brisbane Whatever you think of it, you won't be neutral. John Hartl-Seattle Times "Polisse" made me wonder how to say, "Its reach exceeds its grasp," in French. Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)-St. Paul Pioneer Press Though made as a feature film, Polisse looks suspiciously like a few episodes of medium-quality TV stapled together...a contender for one of the most overrated films of 2012. Jim Schembri-3AW A cohesive energy and dramatic weight draws us ever tighter to its gut wrenching centre Andrew L. Urban-Urban Cinefile It plays out like a vibrant, explosive slice of life .... It's not always comfortable to watch, but one thing is assured: this is one film you will not forget Louise Keller-Urban Cinefile An urgent, fly-on-the-wall affair that plays out like a grittier big-screen take on its more famous, US TV-related cousins. Ed Gibbs-The Sun Herald The performances are uniformly excellent, but the charismatic rapper Joeystarr is particularly impressive as an idealistic, insubordinate cop with a short fuse. Philip French-Observer [UK] It's a well-done film, but also leaves me a little cold, even as I admire the way Maïwenn is willing to forego most of the stock button-pushing moments of the typical police drama. Sarah Boslaugh-PopMatters It's like the French version of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, except every case is one that would send Detective Elliot Stabler totally mental and inspire him to punch a wall or two. MaryAnn Johanson-Flick Filosopher "Polisse" draws us uncomfortably close to a taboo subject then rewards us with real nourishment. Joe Williams-St. Louis Post-Dispatch A drama with interesting moments, but also some false notes and a wildly bizarre ending. Peter Bradshaw-Guardian [UK] So amorphous, volatile and multi-plotted it could be a rough cut. Nigel Andrews-Financial Times