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      The Statement

      R Released Dec 12, 2003 1h 59m Mystery & Thriller Drama List
      24% 106 Reviews Tomatometer 36% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A Paris magistrate (Tilda Swinton) and a colonel (Jeremy Northam) pursue a man (Michael Caine) in hiding who collaborated with Nazis in occupied France. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 16 Buy Now

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      The movie bores despite a splendid performance by Michael Caine.

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      Audience Member Tilda Swinton plays the role of Anne-Marie Livi, a Paris District Attorney investigating a French collaborator who massacred Jewish partisans during WWII. Jeremy Northam plays Colonel Roux, a French Army Intelligence Officer assigned to assist. Michael Caine plays the Nazi collaborator. French collaboration is still a very sensitive and politically explosive issue, but Livi persists in pursuing despite the strong headwinds. The strength of this movie lies with the performances of Swinton and Northam and character development as the movie progresses. The weakness of the movie is Michael Caine, who has been badly miscast as a Frenchman. Better writing in the last third of the movie and better choice for the French Collaborator would have really helped. Great performances from Swinton and Northam move The Statement from a 2 & 1/2 Star movie to 3 & 1/2 Stars. A little better writing and casting may have gotten it to 4 Stars. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member A very well written, performed, and executed script. If you were looking for gratuitous action and sex, go to the majority of over-hyped Hollywood films. A well-paced film revealing the complexity of the aftermath of the psyche of one who aided and abetted the Nasizs in their crimes, a real study in survival whether it be immoral acts during the war or fleeing the mental anguish of guilt afterwards. The movie also reveals the complexity of peoples and factions who fight to survive the aftermath of the horrors of the atrocities of Nazism. Thoroughly enjoyed this film. Well acted and paced. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review adam b A splendid performance from Michael Caine with a great story wrapped around. Not boring to me whatsoever Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Well-done. By todays standards, it can't compare to the sensory overload common in most movies. However, as a drama, and particularly for those interested in history, it's very good Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A terrific cast in a finely directed and beautifully photographed movie. It has a very strong story. Star Michael Caine gives a really excellent performance as a complex character. Caine manages to make the villain of the piece entirely believable and quite human without ever make him at all likable. Each time the story makes him a bit sympathetic the script and Caine's excellent performance rips away any idea that he might be a sympathetic villain. This movie is a great political thriller. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Great performance by Tilda Swinton. It's important that stories like this one come to light and not be forgotten. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press Caine bounces back and forth almost randomly between pitiable and detestable, following the dictates of a formulaic plot. Rated: 2/4 Mar 26, 2004 Full Review Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel This is a creaky, obsolete sort of film, not an instant classic, but an instant antique. Rated: 2/5 Mar 19, 2004 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jewison is not sure if he wants to make a chase or message film. Rated: C+ May 12, 2019 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com The film operates well as a thriller and probably goes further than intended in extracting sympathy for its reprehensible protagonist. Rated: B May 11, 2009 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 2/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A Paris magistrate (Tilda Swinton) and a colonel (Jeremy Northam) pursue a man (Michael Caine) in hiding who collaborated with Nazis in occupied France.
      Director
      Norman Jewison
      Producer
      Michael Cowan, Mark Musselman
      Screenwriter
      Ronald Harwood, Brian Moore
      Distributor
      Sony Pictures Classics
      Production Co
      Serendipity Point Films
      Rating
      R (Violence)
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 12, 2003, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 6, 2012
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $763.0K
      Runtime
      1h 59m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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