Polisse

Released May 18, 2012

2h 7m

Drama

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86%

85 Reviews

Tomatometer

79%

5,000+ Ratings

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Parisian cops (Karine 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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Sean L

Gripping right until the shocking end. Emotional rollercoaster

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/27/23

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Serge L

Very realistic film of the minors' brigade. Quite astonishing to see cops opening up so much in their offices and the work cafeteria. Same thing with the interrogations with victims not far from the alleged abusers. Not sure it's still like that but it makes a good movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/11/22

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

I can always appreciate when French cinema tries to be real.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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jed i

6.3/10 — "Okay"/"Watchable"

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Maïwenn

Director

Karine Viard

Nadine

JoeyStarr

Fred

Marina Foïs

Iris

Nicolas Duvauchelle

Mathieu

Maïwenn

Melissa

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Stanley Kauffmann

The New Republic

[O]ne of the best based-on-facts police pictures.

Aug 8, 2012

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John Hartl

Seattle Times

Whatever you think of it, you won't be neutral.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 28, 2012

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Polisse" draws us uncomfortably close to a taboo subject then rewards us with real nourishment.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 15, 2012

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Its approach to certain issues is ambiguous, and, at times, manipulative and irresponsible. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/10

Oct 4, 2022

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

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.

Jul 24, 2019

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C.J. Prince

Way Too Indie

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.

Rated: 7.8/10

Jul 3, 2019

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Synopsis

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

Director: Maïwenn
Screenwriter: Maïwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Chaocorp, Les Productions du Trésor, Mars Films, arte France Cinéma, 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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