The Big Picture

Name: The Big Picture
Genre: Drama
Released: October 12, 2012
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 71

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MPI Media Group | Release Date: October 12, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: Paul Exben is a handsome and successful thirty-something Parisian corporate lawyer with a beautiful wife, two children, and a glimmering future as a partner in the firm he co-owns with his mentor, Anne. But behind this deceptively perfect bourgeois façade lies a desire for creative fulfillment, a restless spirit who despises his conformistPaul Exben is a handsome and successful thirty-something Parisian corporate lawyer with a beautiful wife, two children, and a glimmering future as a partner in the firm he co-owns with his mentor, Anne. But behind this deceptively perfect bourgeois façade lies a desire for creative fulfillment, a restless spirit who despises his conformist life and envies the freedom of his neighbor Greg an uncompromising photojournalist. An unexpected event involving Greg throws Paul’s life into chaos, and he makes a startling decision that pushes him into unknown territory. (MPI Pictures)… Expand

Director: Eric Lartigau

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 114 min

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Stephen Holden

Oct 12, 2012

Paul is not a sociopath like Tom Ripley, and the movie does not convey the same diabolical Hitchcockian sense of being manipulated by a slightly sadistic master puppeteer. As the story sprawls across the screen, it darts from one incident to the next as though it were inventing itself as it goes along. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Oct 11, 2012

Much of the plot stretches credulity, but the way it's constructed keeps tension high. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Dec 13, 2012

A decent-enough treat for fans of this particular Gallic genre. Read full review

Chris Packham

Oct 10, 2012

For most of the film, Lartigau creates the tension of a Hitchcockian thriller solely through Paul's interior struggle. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Oct 11, 2012

The Big Picture has been compared to "The Talented Mr. Ripley," the twice-filmed Patricia Highsmith novel about a sociopath who kills and then impersonates a rich acquaintance. But in spirit it's closer to Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 "The Passenger," with Jack Nicholson as an existential adventurer who poses as a dead stranger. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

Oct 10, 2012

A few plot holes hold back what is otherwise a well cast and compelling picture. Read full review

Calum Marsh

Oct 10, 2012

Like its protagonist, the film sells out for the security of convention and complacency. Read full review

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Pucifer

Aug 24, 2013

Compelling crime and redemption tale about a lawyer who invents a new life for himself by assuming the identity of another man, but not without complications. Romain Duris gives a strong, fascinating performance that succeeds in creating sympathy for what in other hands might well have beenCompelling crime and redemption tale about a lawyer who invents a new life for himself by assuming the identity of another man, but not without complications. Romain Duris gives a strong, fascinating performance that succeeds in creating sympathy for what in other hands might well have been an unlikeable, unredeemable character. Recommended for fans of Patricia Highsmith's "Tom Ripley" novels as well as fans of Romain Duris.… Expand

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