Fresh
Necessarily infuriating but finally very rewarding.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Police, Adjective
2010 · 1h 55m · NOT RATED
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Corneliu Porumboiu
Overview
A cop named Cristi must go undercover to trail teen Victor who is suspected of selling pot in the north-eastern city of Vaslui.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An absorbing and contemplative detective story in which the high point of the action involves reading from a dictionary. Really.
Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
It's unlike anything Hollywood would dare to make.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
Porumboiu's style is steady, observational, his camera tracking Cristi along the streets in much the way Cristi tracks his subject.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
I suspect that those versed in the arcana of Romanian politics will get the most out of this movie, but its moral issues, revolving as they do around matters of rightness and repression, are certainly universal.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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