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Critics / Bernard Besserglik
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    BERNARD BESSERGLIK

    Agrees with the Tomatometer 50% of the time.

    Biography: Film Critic, Hollywood Reporter

    Publications: Hollywood Reporter

    Total Reviews: 17

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    The Girl From Monaco (2009)

    " Luchini's trademark mannerisms, which in some films can be irritating, are here perfectly judged and appropriate. Zem confirms his growing stature as a boxoffice attraction, [and] Bourgoin does well to keep her character from veering into caricature."

    Posted Jul 24, 2009

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    N/A

    The Girl on the Train (2009)

    " The movie is held together...by the fluidity of his style and his characteristic blend of lightness and gravity."

    Posted Apr 3, 2009

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    86%

    A Christmas Tale (2008)

    " What’s troubling is its lack of perspective on anything beyond the narrow, navel-gazing concerns of its characters."

    Posted Nov 4, 2008

    Fresh

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    94%

    Moscow, Belgium (2008)

    " Van Rompaey paints a warm and often witty picture of workaday life in modern (Flemish-speaking) Belgium."

    Posted Oct 18, 2008

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    Rotten
    57%

    Taken (2009)

    " Liam Neeson lends visibility to formulaic human-trafficking action thriller."

    Posted Feb 26, 2008

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    40%

    Savage Grace (2008)

    " By scrupulously avoiding melodrama, [director] Kalin ensures that the characters remain recognizably human despite their flaws and monstrous weaknesses."

    Posted May 25, 2007

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    57%

    Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

    " Succeeds reasonably well in achieving what many said was beyond the scope of cinema: conveying the world of scent and smell."

    Posted Oct 19, 2006

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    72%

    Transylvania (2006)

    " A love story with star actors and a bigger budget heightens the mainstream appeal of Tony Gatlif's ethnic road musical."

    Posted Oct 18, 2006

    Fresh

    N/A

    Fair Play (2006)

    " [Bailliu's] corrosive humor will endear the movie to all those who enjoy the sight of the French behaving badly."

    Posted Sep 28, 2006

    Fresh

    N/A

    Najac Calling Over to You, Earth (2006)

    " Najac purports to be a call to arms against globalization. In fact it is a celebration rather than a manifesto, a wry shrug at the contradictions involved in living off the land in the digital age, and all the more enjoyable for that."

    Posted May 26, 2006

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    Fresh
    88%

    Poison Friends (2007)

    " Student friendships, success and failure make for absorbing entertainment."

    Posted May 20, 2006

    Fresh

    N/A

    Bled Number One (2006)

    " Bled is a finely observed slice of life shot in a low-key semi-documentary style. The latest in a run of French-made movies dealing with Franco-Algerian cross-currents, it speaks volumes about the conditions of life in today's Algeria."

    Posted May 18, 2006

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    50%

    La Planète blanche (2006)

    " A vivid tableau of a world that, as the filmmakers note in their closing sequences, is under threat."

    Posted Apr 19, 2006

    Fresh

    Fresh
    60%

    Combien tu m'aimes? (2005)

    " While lightheartedness is not a quality one readily associates with Blier, the movie is more frankly entertaining than most of his previous work."

    Posted Dec 5, 2005

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    N/A

    Grey Souls (2005)

    " Murky but absorbing."

    Posted Oct 11, 2005

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    Fresh
    75%

    Gabrielle (2005)

    " Chereau spoils it all by frequently resorting to trivial mannerisms, slipping gratuitously into black and white, using freeze frames, slow motion or sudden fades to white and inserting silent movie-style titles."

    Posted Sep 24, 2005

    Fresh

    Fresh
    77%

    A Very Long Engagement (2004)

    " The quest format keeps the story moving briskly, and Jeunet provides numerous pleasures, particularly visual, along the way."

    Posted Nov 10, 2004
     
     
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