Rotten
Caine bounces back and forth almost randomly between pitiable and detestable, following the dictates of a formulaic plot.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
The Statement
At the end of World War II, many of those involved in war crimes were prosecuted. Some got away. Until now.
2003 · 2h · R
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Norman Jewison
Overview
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
Director and cast
- Norman Jewison Director
- Michael Caine as Pierre Brossard
- Tilda Swinton as Annemarie Livi
- Jeremy Northam as Colonel Roux
- Alan Bates as Armand Bertier
- Charlotte Rampling as Nicole
- John Neville as Old Man
- Ciarán Hinds as Pochon
- Frank Finlay as Commissaire Vionnet
- William Hutt as Le Moyne
- Matt Craven as David Manenbaum
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
24%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This is a creaky, obsolete sort of film, not an instant classic, but an instant antique.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Seems more an excuse to attack a target than an exercise in solid storytelling.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Fresh
Partly because of Caine and partly because of meticulous work by veteran director Norman Jewison, The Statement is a fiction done so effectively, it rings true -- even slick lines that may otherwise be rancid.
Howard Shapiro, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
An inert sociopolitical thriller mired in moralizing.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
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