Movieo
Poster for Contempt

Contempt

More bold! More brazen! And much, much more Bardot!

1963 · 1h 43m · Not Rated Drama, Romance
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Where to watch
Seen it?

Overview

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

Director and cast

Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Possibly Godard's most melancholy film and probably his most beautiful ...

Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice
Fresh

What's the price of selling out? Contempt asks the question of its characters, its audience, and its own director.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh

Godard has finally dared to get serious, achieving not mock pathos but a perfect tragedy.

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Rotten

Godard sets interesting scenes, with provocative color combinations and a suggestive pictorial flow. But out of it all comes nothing -- or very little that tells you why this wife is so contemptuous of her husband. Maybe he should be contemptuous of her!

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh

Inevitably a melancholy film, but a memorable one as well.

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Comments

Talk about the film with other members

More films