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10/18/08
Le Doulos (1962)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:18
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: This complex thriller follows the fatalistic relationship between two men: Maurice, a crook just out of prison and Silien (Belmondo), who may or may not be a Doulos (a kind of high-class informer).... [More]
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Michel Piccoli, Jean Desailly
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Reviews for Le Doulos
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticAnother classic entry in the Melville Gallic noir canon, immaculately realised and bolstered by the strong presence of Belmondo.
05/24/03
Top CriticLe Doulos roots itself in traditional noir themes of providence, of loyalty and betrayal, of male codes of honor, and ultimately of man's inability to escape his lot in life.
10/06/08
The macho criminal underworld of French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville has a nasty, nearly misogynistic edge here...
02/15/08
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02/15/08
Top CriticAs good as Melville's setups are, the joys of the movie keep returning to Belmondo, then and now the king of effortless cool.
10/26/07
Even if you're not a fan of this sort of narrative trickery, it must be said that Le Doulos is simply a hell of a thriller ...
09/12/07
A tour de force.
09/07/07
Top CriticThe movie is a tough, stylish, deliciously complex labyrinth of underworld double-crosses that, like most of the other Melville noirs, ultimately celebrates honor among thieves.
09/06/07
Even back in 1962, Melville made the usual suspects feel new by wrapping them in gorgeous desolation.
07/18/07
A cool, classy treat.
06/29/07
A slippery, gripping cops-and-robbers thriller, full of twists and turns and ending with a tragicomic shootout you'll never forget.
06/27/07
Melville is a mythmaker. His characters are archetypes of the cinema, specifically American cinema, though his outlook is unmistakably French, tinged with romanticism.
08/29/06
Top CriticFew films have focused so intently on proper underworld etiquette.
01/26/06
No review available.
07/14/05
Mr. Belmondo, as usual, maintains a sinister air, but it has no particular meaning, beyond showing that a crook is a crook is a crook.
05/09/05
Top CriticMelville's complete absorption of American crime movies is on full display in Le Doulos, but the film never feels like a French version of an American movie.
06/04/04
It's a dark post-noir thriller enhanced by superb performances and sparkling black and white cinematography.
05/12/04
It is one of the director’s very best films.
03/10/03
Jean-Pierre Melville's existentialized gangster films are one of the glories of the French cinema, American forms played out with European self-consciousness.
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