There is one cool, understated scene after another.
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Boston GlobeTy Burr
Boston GlobeTy Burr
For some of us, this constitutes a religious event.
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Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Watching Le Cercle Rouge, we're caught up in a world that, however improbable some of its twists and turns seem, strikes us as a perfect, imaginative creation.
A glistening gem among caper movies, this impeccably elegant jewel-heist drama takes its title from Buddhist lore, its cast from France's great gallery of leading men, and its style from the unique blend of cinematic savoir-faire and brooding existential angst.
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L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
Melville seems to peer out from behind the camera with a reassuring wink and nod. Le Cercle Rouge is the most self-consciously cool of his famously underheated films noirs.