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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 17 May 2012

It's filled with shocking dialogue and disturbing content, but treats it all in a strangely facile way…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 17 May 2012

Inspired by a documentary, the film is shot with vérité immediacy and beautifully acted by an outstanding ensemble…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 16 May 2012

If you're the type who unwinds by watching The Wire or Law & Order: SVU, you might appreciate this grim procedural drama from French actress…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for AV Club (2,778) on 16 May 2012

The best moments of Maïwenn's Polisse, about the dedicated members of a Child Protection Unit in northern Paris, have the same quality, a…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 15 May 2012

Sure, you've seen this sort of material before -- comparisons to HBO's The Wire are frequent and obvious -- but when it's done right, as it…

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By Tom Dawson (244) for The List (2,018) on 15 May 2012

There are interesting ideas here about the gulf between the world-weary adults and the prematurely-sexualised and often foul-mouthed adolescents,…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 15 May 2012

[VIDEO ESSAY] French auteur Maiwenn's provocative slice-of-life examination of a Parisian Child Protection unit is haphazard to a fault…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 15 May 2012

Gripping and powerful, an unsentimental look at a thankless job where the victories are hard fought and all too rare…

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By Karina Longworth (242) for Village Voice (8,525) on 14 May 2012

The strange, unsettling juxtapositions, even when mashing up the mawkish and mockery, are full of life…

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By Richard Mowe (91) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 14 Apr 2012

Actress and director Maïwenn Le Besco (a.k.a. Maïwenn) confounds expectations by drawing together a heart-thumping patchwork of dramas and emotions…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Apr 2012

A highlight and prize-winner of the 2011 Cannes Film Fest, this compelling feature, about the routine work and not so routine life of a police…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 09 Apr 2012

A fast-paced, original police drama with snappy dialogue is marred only by subtitles often difficult to read…

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By Boyd Van Hoeij (303) for Variety (12,700) on 23 Feb 2012

Though rough edges are very much part of picture's fabric and charm, the current two-hour-plus edit is too choppy, with many sequences feeling…

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By Thomas Caldwell (278) for Cinema Autopsy (278) on 12 Aug 2011

The fragmented narrative and use of juxtaposition that Maïwenn adopts for Polisse results in an engaging portrait of an ensemble of people and cases…

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