Time Out
The script is solid, the period recreation spectacular and the performances muscular, but The Connection suffers from a severe case of overfamiliarity.
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The Connection (La French)
Crime thriller set in France's south coast in 1975, starring Academy Award-winner Jean Dujardin (The Artist) as a dangerous cop looking to take down an equally dangerous drug lord. Designed as a companion piece of sorts to William Friedkin's 1971 masterpiece The French Connection, eschewing crazy car chases on US streets to tell the tale of what went on in France at the same time as the events of the original.
2014Rating: R16, Violence, offensive language and drug use129 minsFrance, BelgiumFrench, Italian and English with English subtitles
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The Connection (La French) | Reviews
The Washington Post
The action is intermittent, but a steady tension keeps things interesting.
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The Dissolve
Grace notes in Dujardin's performance are an important booster for The Connection... [which] at worst unfolds like Scorsese-lite.
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Empire Magazine
For all the charisma of its hero and villain, it falls down on its failure to resist cliché.
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The Connection (La French) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play.