Inspector Bellamy
IFC Films | Release Date: October 29, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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91
Portland OregonianMarc MohanJan 20, 2011
While the film is no groundbreaker, it is a paragon of elegance without austerity, and there's nothing like being in the confident hands of a master filmmaker. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 10, 2011
Chabrol's final picture was designed with Depardieu in mind. It's a small work. Yet it's so pleasurably well-made, so obviously the work of major talents in a comfortable groove, why carp about the scale or ambition of the project? Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFeb 9, 2011
Chabrol as always shows a tenderness toward the lives of people who are exceptional only because crime touches them. Read full review
80
The New York TimesA.O. ScottOct 28, 2010
The ease and professionalism that distinguished this prolific director's later work is very much in evidence, as is an insouciant attitude, at once resigned and dismissive, toward mortality. Read full review
80
NPRElla TaylorOct 28, 2010
Inspector Bellamy is dedicated to the memory of two famous Georges: the drily ironic singer Brassens, and Georges Simenon, whose crime novels go for the jugular of bourgeois France - and dig deep into the black hearts of those who, just when they imagine they have hit bottom, can always sink lower. Read full review
80
The New YorkerAnthony LaneOct 27, 2010
This final film -- after so many dazzling studies of adultery, such as "La Femme Infidele (1969) -- is a touching and unfashionable hymn to married love. [1 Nov. 2010, p.121]
75
New York PostKyle SmithDec 9, 2010
Inspector Bellamy leaves a sense not unlike a summary of Chabrol's entire career -- of guilty stains seeping away in every direction, of motives hidden and of endless stories that frustrate full understanding. To Chabrol, no life is ever a closed case. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesFeb 10, 2011
Depardieu brings such easygoing authority to the title character that you're pulled into the investigation, even as Bellamy becomes increasingly bewildered by his home life. Read full review
70
VarietyBoyd Van HoeijOct 26, 2010
This upscale talkfest, which delights in its witty banter and sly references, could be helmer's most commercial work in quite some time. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. HobermanOct 26, 2010
It's an ostensive crime film at once symmetrical, surprising, and knowingly cinephilic. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDec 9, 2010
Depardieu and Marie Bunel (as Bellamy's wife) have a terrific interplay, but Chabrol's sharp direction can't quite rescue his fuzzy script. Read full review
63
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreJan 5, 2011
A dry and moody piece built on closely-observed characters, not on thrills or an unraveling plot. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineRichard MoweDec 9, 2010
That sense of mischief and pleasure in the craft makes Bellamy a thoroughly intriguing and likeable experience. From Chabrol we would expect nothing less. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichOct 26, 2010
Depardieu and Cornillac's sibling rivalry, which segues between mostly verbal smackdowns and liquored-up bursts of merriment, is beautifully observed, as is the relationship between the detective and his devoted wife (the wonderful Marie Bunel). The thriller stuff, by comparison, is just a lot of perfunctory deadweight. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinDec 9, 2010
Recently deceased master filmmaker Claude Chabrol's 50th and final feature, Inspector Bellamy, proves a sadly bland footnote to an illustrious and influential career. Read full review
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