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An Officer and a Spy

J'accuse

2019

Roman Polanski

Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Grégory Gadebois ...

6.9

8,347

Drama. Mystery On 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a young promising officer, is degraded for spying for Germany, wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island. Among the witnesses to his humiliation is Georges Picquart, who is promoted to run the military counter-intelligence unit that tracked him down. But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is drawn into a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A grandly mounted film that still feels lacking, maybe because Polanski thinks it's about him."	NEU
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"[A] solid, well-crafted piece of professional carpentry, like a heavy piece of Victorian furniture; built to last; built to be used. The longer you look at it, the more impressive it grows (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"Any controversy that might erupt over Roman Polanski’s decision to implicitly equate himself with one of history’s greatest victims of injustice is dissipated by the resultant film’s tepid listlessness"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The film (...) makes a virtue of its attention to detail. That proves to be essential when, often, the plot mechanics aren’t as fascinating as the world 'An Officer' plunges us into"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"[A] dull procedural drama (...) From start to finish, however, it’s easily the most robust movie that Polanski has made since 'The Ghost Writer'."	NEU
	Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa	"Polanski has made a handsome film about the Dreyfus affair, containing another superb performance from Jean Dujardin"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"One couldn’t wish for a more painstakingly researched or beautifully rendered account of the infamous Dreyfus (...) Yet the result is oddly lacking in heart and soul, almost as though a mask of military discipline held it in check."	NEU

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