An Ordinary Case

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An Ordinary Case

2024

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Stephen Romei

The Australian

Sep 2

3/5

The French film [An Ordinary Case] doesn’t have as much drama in the witness box as I would like, but it makes up for that outside the courtroom.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Aug 27

4/5

...[Daniel Auteuil] can do anything. He proves it conclusively with The Thread.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jul 1

3/5

Perhaps Auteuil needed to give it more energy on both sides of the camera, yet there is a charge in its deferred revelation.

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John McDonald

johnmcdonald.net.au

Sep 6

The film owes a huge debt to the performances of Auteuil and Gadebois who draw us into a story that might have felt mechanical with lesser talents.

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Andiee Paviour

Nobody's Reading This But Me

Aug 28

4/5

Daniel Auteuil’s cagey legal drama slides with a tactician’s care into its final shocking minutes.

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Luis Martínez

El Mundo (Spain)

May 12

3/5

Daniel Auteuil directs and stars in a courtroom intrigue that's as formal as it is entertaining. [Full review in Spanish]

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Helen R

Nov 2

I am surprised that this film is not more highly rated by some of the professional critics. I am arrogant/brave enough to suggest that they appear to have missed its point. The bullfighter theme acts as a metaphor for the courtroom antics, suggesting that all the skill in the world won’t necessarily unearth the truth. The bull might still live. The film lulls the viewer into a false sense of security - showing the trial largely through the eyes of the defence lawyer. In that sense, the film is very clever.

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Director: Daniel Auteuil
Producer: Nelly Auteuil
Screenwriter: Daniel Auteuil, Steven Mitz
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French