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Director
Robert Guédiguian
Cast
Simon Abkarian,
Virginie Ledoyen,
Robinson Stévenin,
Lola Naymark,
Adrien Jolivet,
Pierre Niney
Genre
War,
Drama,
History
An Armenian-born woodworker and political activist leads immigrant laborers as they carry out operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team's members became martyrs for the Resistance.
San Francisco Chronicle
It shouldn't be missed. This is a fact-based story of the French resistance who had to fight not only the Germans but their own people. The title comes from the term in a propaganda poster that the Germans and occupied French government used to label the fighters as terrorists.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Was it all for naught? Only weeks after the 23 partisans were arrested (and all but two promptly executed), Paris was liberated. Army of Crime is a passionate act of remembrance.
San Francisco Chronicle by Leba Hertz
It shouldn't be missed. This is a fact-based story of the French resistance who had to fight not only the Germans but their own people. The title comes from the term in a propaganda poster that the Germans and occupied French government used to label the fighters as terrorists.
Salon by Andrew O'Hehir
This is a solid, spellbinding drama based closely on real history, which along the way offers a not-so-subtle commentary on the diverse, immigrant-rich society of contemporary France.
Village Voice
Virginie Ledoyen stars as Missak's impossibly lovely, stalwart wife, and a troupe of supporting players give life to the men and women who died not for the miserable France of that moment, but for the vision of what it could be.
Village Voice by Michelle Orange
Virginie Ledoyen stars as Missak's impossibly lovely, stalwart wife, and a troupe of supporting players give life to the men and women who died not for the miserable France of that moment, but for the vision of what it could be.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Joe Williams
This true story does a great service by honoring the memory of 22 brave men and women and by dramatizing the internal debates within the French population. But in staying true to life, it sacrifices some of the pacing and clarity of a conventional thriller.
The Hollywood Reporter
Though it drags here and there and is a bit flat in places, the film is solidly made and for the most part quite involving.
The Hollywood Reporter by Peter Brunette
Though it drags here and there and is a bit flat in places, the film is solidly made and for the most part quite involving.
Variety by Jordan Mintzer
Guediguian's lengthy period yarn features a wide array of characters filmed with his habitual simpatico eye, but loses the dramatic thread in too many plots, too little action and not enough originality.
Empire by Phil de Semlyen
Compelling performances and beautifully told heroics but the pacing is flawed in terms of a thrilling cinematic experience.
Time Out by Keith Uhlich
There's no sense of the oppression France felt under Nazi rule. It's all just play-acting in period-specific attire. You can almost hear the AD calling lunch.
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