Review of Police, Adjective (2010) by Julia C — 28 Jan 2010
Using almost Bressonian attention to detail this funny and at times dire Romanian crime comedy is as much about the letter in the word as the letter of the law. A detective questions the ethics of his enforcement of a drug law, born of police state of Ceausescu, that will soon be changed once Romania joins the EU.
The need for the enforcement of this law as well as the purpose for all law is scrutinized by the same criteria that bears out the shallow nature in the lyrics of a meaningless pop song by the detective and his wife in one very humorous scene.
Director Porumboiu has great patience in allowing moments like these to draw your attention with quiet reflections, small gestures and very well placed words meaning so very much.
This review of Police, Adjective (2010) was written by Julia C on 28 Jan 2010.
Police, Adjective has generally received positive reviews.
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