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French language experimental drama about culture, politics and cinema. Cast:Robert Maloubier, Patti Smith, Jean Marc Stehlee, Catherine Tanvier, Nadege Beausson-DiagneDirector:Jean-Luc GodardRelease Date:June 3, 2011DVD Release:January 10, 2012From:Kino LorberLength:1 hr 41 min
JANUARY 10, 2012
Film Socialisme, Good (Not Great) Reviews, Mixed Key Cities
Film Socialisme played in key cities to good not great reviews. Reviews were mixed. • J. Hoberman wrote in the Village Voice and LA Weekly, "...so long as one subscribes to the William Carlos Williams injunction 'No ideas but in things,' it's filled with sensuous pleasures." • And Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "...incoherent, maddening, deliberately opaque and heedless of the ways in which people watch movies." More Reviews Below...
Film Socialisme Positive Reviews (19 Reviews, reviews below)
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD(cg) "Godard's most focused statement in years.... often leftist agitprop... even Patti Smith's appearance as a singer can't dispel the air of doomstruck judgment."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 110 words, 06/17/11
Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: EXCELLENT(cg) "...discursive, thickly textured, densely allusive quasi-essay films filled with trenchant observations, plangent complaints, and the torturing of thematic bedbugs..."(See all of Glenn Kenny's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,014 words, 06/01/11
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (11 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a three-part invention in which music, voices and pictures are arranged in a loose, contrapuntal pattern that is by turns provocative, grating, gorgeous and tiresome."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 989 words, 06/03/11
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "Both ambitious and arrogant... the kind of rare cinematic challenge that was made for film students -- and likely to try the patience of anyone else."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 142 words, 06/03/11
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...has the feel of a survey and summation of themes that have pulsed through Godard's recent films... has rich, layered storytelling..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 430 words, 01/20/12
J. Hoberman, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...so long as one subscribes to the William Carlos Williams injunction 'No ideas but in things,' it's filled with sensuous pleasures."(See all of J. Hoberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 763 words, 06/01/11
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE(cg) "...one big je ne sais quoi - a mystifying, occasionally beautiful and often tedious exercise in demonstrating what James Joyce called the nightmare of history."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 575 words, 12/30/10
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: POOR(cg) "...incomprehensible, incoherent and intolerable... It's the sort of movie Godard's critics accuse him of making all the time, an empty, self-indulgent polemic."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 390 words, 12/30/10
Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: GOOD(cg) "...a brain-cracking, sense-defying film that barely coheres, barely makes an effort to be understood.... But there's real beauty in the film..."(See all of Shawn Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 237 words, 10/28/11
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (4 Reviews)
J. Hoberman, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...so long as one subscribes to the William Carlos Williams injunction 'No ideas but in things,' it's filled with sensuous pleasures."(See all of J. Hoberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 763 words, 06/01/11
Aaron Cutler, Slant: VERY GOOD(cg) "A friend recently asked what the point of 'Film Socialisme' was. The answer, if there was one, seemed buried pretty deep.... seems designed to confound the viewer."(See all of Aaron Cutler's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,224 words, 09/30/10
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: POOR(cg) "...incomprehensible, incoherent and intolerable... It's the sort of movie Godard's critics accuse him of making all the time, an empty, self-indulgent polemic."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 390 words, 12/30/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a three-part invention in which music, voices and pictures are arranged in a loose, contrapuntal pattern that is by turns provocative, grating, gorgeous and tiresome."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 989 words, 06/03/11
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...has the feel of a survey and summation of themes that have pulsed through Godard's recent films... has rich, layered storytelling..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 430 words, 01/20/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Jordan Mintzer, Daily Variety: MODERATE "Godard continues to flip the bird at cinematic convention... one of the 79-year-old auteur's more challenging works... Only ardent followers will gravitate to this..."(See all of Jordan Mintzer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 724 words, 05/17/10
Peter Brunette, Hollywood Reporter: FAIR "...all over the place and (purposely) impossible to follow... Godard films are much less fun to actually watch than they are to argue about afterward."(See all of Peter Brunette's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 614 words, 10/15/10
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...has the feel of a survey and summation of themes that have pulsed through Godard's recent films... has rich, layered storytelling..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 430 words, 01/20/12
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a three-part invention in which music, voices and pictures are arranged in a loose, contrapuntal pattern that is by turns provocative, grating, gorgeous and tiresome."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 989 words, 06/03/11
23.3 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Film Socialisme's reviews are separated by an average 23.3 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Film Socialisme (19 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Film Socialisme's reviews cover 27.8% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 10,039 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 528 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Film Socialisme Coverage, Volume & Length (19 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 6 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Film Socialisme's reviews on average broke 6 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Film Socialisme's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Film Socialisme (19 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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