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Polisse

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Parisian cops (Karin Viard, Joeystarr, Marina Foïs) cope with their personal problems while battling crimes against children.

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Critics Consensus

Polisse is a gripping and powerful procedural drama filled with fine acting and unflinching eye for truth and brutality.

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Stanley Kauffmann The New Republic 08/08/2012
[O]ne of the best based-on-facts police pictures. Go to Full Review
John Hartl Seattle Times 06/28/2012
3/4
Whatever you think of it, you won't be neutral. Go to Full Review
Joe Williams St. Louis Post-Dispatch 06/15/2012
3/4
"Polisse" draws us uncomfortably close to a taboo subject then rewards us with real nourishment. Go to Full Review
Diego Batlle Otroscines.com 10/04/2022
4/10
Its approach to certain issues is ambiguous, and, at times, manipulative and irresponsible. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 07/24/2019
Polisse is a finely wrought piece of compelling cinema, and certainly demonstrates that in the director's chair, Maiwenn is someone to watch out for. Go to Full Review
C.J. Prince Way Too Indie 07/03/2019
7.8/10
When Polisse sticks to its realistic fly-on-the-wall approach to the CPU it's some of the best filmmaking from this year, but its poor attempts to make the film more of a character piece hold it back from being truly great. Go to Full Review
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Sean L 06/27/2023 Gripping right until the shocking end. Emotional rollercoaster See more 05/14/2020 Gratuitous exposition of terrible infantile incidents, without any respect to those who have suffered. A romance that doesn't work, a documentary that doesn't expose the subject, a movie that is not a movie. Don't waste your time. See more 09/24/2018 I can always appreciate when French cinema tries to be real. See more 03/26/2017 Brilliantly composed and performed insight into a very dark world with all the necessary touches of melodrama to bring it alive and the inevitable bias of a pro police point of view, but undeniably a masterpiece. See more jed i 01/28/2016 6.3/10 — "Okay"/"Watchable" See more 12/22/2015 After reading some of the reviews and finding out that this movie got the big prize at Cannes, I can only conclude that I am the last sane person on Earth. I've never seen so much overacting, pointless dialogue, illogical leaps in the plot crammed into two painful hours. And I didn't even mention the part where the cops who supposedly are so concerned about the kids are completely thoughtless about a teenager who just gave birth to her rapist's child or the mom who had to report her husband as a child molester. Other than that, it's great. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Parisian cops (Karin Viard, Joeystarr, Marina Foïs) cope with their personal problems while battling crimes against children.
Director
Maïwenn
Producer
Alain Attal
Screenwriter
Maïwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Les Productions du Trésor, arte France Cinéma, Mars Films, Chaocorp, Shortcom
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
May 18, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$171.3K
Runtime
2h 7m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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