Rotten
This is a French film desperate to please an American audience.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
The Crimson Rivers
Evil rises to new heights.
2000 · 1h 46m · R
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Mathieu Kassovitz
Overview
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Could teach many an American thriller a thing or two about sophisticated creepiness.
Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Rotten
It ends up being more about stage blood and stupid plot tricks.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten
By movie's end, you'd swear you were on Hollywood Boulevard, with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon 11.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Fresh
The most American French movie ever, it's like a Hollywood blockbuster that accidentally got made by smart people. And it's excellent.
Mark Rahner, Seattle Times
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