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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a mischievous backstairs dramatization, all the juicier for being presented with such seeming French refinement. Denis Podalydés makes an excellent Sarko..." (Read the full review...) 67 words, 11/11/11 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD (cg) "French presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac and their wives on a merry-go-round of vanity, vulgarity and viciousness.... at times approaches screwball comedy." (Read the full review...) 675 words, 01/06/12
Stephen Holden, New York Times: FAIR "...only intermittently rises above the tone of an arch, sniping drawing-room comedy peopled with mild caricatures.... a shallow, cynical portrait of an insatiably ambitious politician..." (Read the full review...) 681 words, 11/11/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...a smart, involving and strikingly adult drama... an exceptional performance by Denis Podalydes allows us to feel like we are watching reality rather than pastiche..." (Read the full review...) 700 words, 11/11/11 V.A. Musetto, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "...best enjoyed as a political thriller rather than an historical account." (Read the full review...) 194 words, 11/11/11 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: WEAK (cg) "...script adapter and director Xavier Durringer, a playwright foremost, settles for low stakes and a bland tone. Shakespearean, this isn't.... it's not much of anything." (Read the full review...) 161 words, 01/13/12 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "French presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac and their wives on a merry-go-round of vanity, vulgarity and viciousness.... at times approaches screwball comedy." (Read the full review...) 675 words, 01/06/12 Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "A brisk, fascinating chronicle of a pre-Carla Bruni Nicolas Sarkozy... illuminates how much the conjugal, the extramarital, and the political are entwined in French life." (Read the full review...) 399 words, 11/09/11
John DeFore, Washington Post: MODERATE (cg) "...popping flashbulbs at news conferences and a Fellini-esque musical score constantly remind us there was a scandal to be followed here. But they do nothing to convey the human drama at its core." (Read the full review...) 581 words, 11/18/11 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...pitched as a satire, and a few vignettes, like the one in which Sarkozy bamboozles an angry factory foreman with virtuoso political double talk, have comedic snap." (Read the full review...) 301 words, 02/10/12 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a seriocomic portrait of naked ambition and a depiction of petty office politics on a national scale. It's a deadpan hoot that lacks the bite it could and arguably should have had." (Read the full review...) 509 words, 12/16/11 Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE (cg) "...a vehement drama and a fitfully amusing snark fest set to Nicola Piovani's jaunty circus music. It winds up only half-succeeding at both." (Read the full review...) 380 words, 01/06/12 John Hartl, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "...fast-paced, engaging... Sarkozy seems to mean exactly what he says, even when he's lying for his cause, and Denis Podalydès has the skill to demonstrate that." (Read the full review...) 283 words, 01/27/12 Stan Hall, Portland Oregonian: GOOD (cg) "The dialogue is dense but somewhat shallow, and it helps to have a strong grasp of France's political system and current issues to make sense of it all." (Read the full review...) 167 words, 03/09/12 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...the rise of an ambitious nitwit named Nicolas Sarkozy seems like an American-style satire." (Read the full review...) 331 words, 02/24/12 Tom Long, Detroit News: MODERATE (cg) "...consists of hard-to-care-about bureaucratic bickering, followed by a political breakup, topped with a presidency built on false promises. Been there. Done. That." (Read the full review...) 522 words, 03/09/12
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "A brisk, fascinating chronicle of a pre-Carla Bruni Nicolas Sarkozy... illuminates how much the conjugal, the extramarital, and the political are entwined in French life." (Read the full review...) 399 words, 11/09/11 Gerald Peary, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "The performances are convincing, but American audiences may find little to care about in the Gallic-specific backstage machinations of Sarkozy's ascendancy." (Read the full review...) 88 words, 12/15/11 Noel Murray, AV Club: VERY GOOD (cg) "...offers that familiar thrill of being allowed to peek behind the curtain and see what our leaders are really like... the American way of wielding power -- and telling stories about it -- has gone global." (Read the full review...) 391 words, 11/10/11 Andrew Schenker, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...an engrossing portrait of political machination which occasionally, and largely unsuccessfully, dons the scanty robes of character study." (Read the full review...) 565 words, 11/05/11
Stephen Holden, New York Times: FAIR "...only intermittently rises above the tone of an arch, sniping drawing-room comedy peopled with mild caricatures.... a shallow, cynical portrait of an insatiably ambitious politician..." (Read the full review...) 681 words, 11/11/11 Scott Tobias, NPR: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...takes the form of intimate Peter Morgan back-room dramas like 'The Queen' or 'Frost/Nixon,' but adds a zesty Aaron Sorkin-style spin. It winds up working at cross-purposes..." (Read the full review...) 622 words, 11/10/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...a smart, involving and strikingly adult drama... an exceptional performance by Denis Podalydes allows us to feel like we are watching reality rather than pastiche..." (Read the full review...) 700 words, 11/11/11
Boyd Van Hoeij, Daily Variety: GOOD "Neither an involving, deeply human story, like such Peter Morgan-penned political dramas as 'The Deal' and 'The Queen,' nor a bombastic and more cerebral exploration of a politico's life and reach, a la Paolo Sorrentino's 'Il Divo'..." (Read the full review...) 780 words, 05/18/11 Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...amusing yet lightweight.... Anchored by talented Comedie Française actor Denis Podalydes' pitch-perfect imitation..." (Read the full review...) 974 words, 05/18/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...a smart, involving and strikingly adult drama... an exceptional performance by Denis Podalydes allows us to feel like we are watching reality rather than pastiche..." (Read the full review...) 700 words, 11/11/11 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: VERY GOOD (cg) "...adds a panel to a growing genre of satirical films and exposes, which includes 'The Ides of March,' 'The Iron Lady,' 'Game Change,' 'W.,' 'The Queen,' 'Frost/Nixon,' and 'In the Loop.' " (Read the full review...) 474 words, 03/14/12 Stephen Holden, New York Times: FAIR "...only intermittently rises above the tone of an arch, sniping drawing-room comedy peopled with mild caricatures.... a shallow, cynical portrait of an insatiably ambitious politician..." (Read the full review...) 681 words, 11/11/11
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