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- 1950
- Not Rated
- Cine Classics
- 1 h 50 m
- 1950
- Not Rated
- Cine Classics
- 1 h 50 m
Summary A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
Directed By: Jean Renoir
Written By: Carl Koch, Beaumarchais, Jean Renoir
- 1950
- Not Rated
- Cine Classics
- 1 h 50 m
- 1950
- Not Rated
- Cine Classics
- 1 h 50 m
The Rules of the Game
7.6
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Summary A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
Directed By: Jean Renoir
Written By: Carl Koch, Beaumarchais, Jean Renoir
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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95% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
99
95% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
5% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Humor, poignancy and social criticism converge for an even better movie than the recent one it brings to mind: Gosford Park. [23 Jan 2004]
There's so much to say, but let this suffice: See it; it's a sweet taste of the best of what cinema can do. [16 Mar 2007, p.28]
Perhaps the most influential of all French films, and one of the most richly entertaining.
One of cinema's most monumental achievements, Renoir's RULES OF THE GAME passionately tackles the pre-WWII French class system, and succeeds in bringing forth the complexities and frailties underlying bourgeois civility.
Rules would have been just another good movie if not for its masterly visual design. With it, however, the black-and-white film enters the realm of immortality.
This magical and elusive work, which always seems to place second behind "Citizen Kane" in polls of great films, is so simple and so labyrinthine, so guileless and so angry, so innocent and so dangerous, that you can't simply watch it, you have to absorb it.
As an experiment it’s interesting, but Jean Renoir, who directs, wrote the scenario and dialog, and takes a leading role, has made a common error: he attempts to crowd too many ideas into 80 minutes of film fare, resulting in confusion.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
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Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
7.6
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Production Company
Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)
Release Date Apr 8, 1950
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline One of the two or three greatest films ever made in France.
Awards
Bodil Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Nomination
