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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 27 May 2015

Riveting from its first moments, The Connection is fascinating in its presentation of character, as well as for its glimpse into the workings…

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By Josh Kupecki (255) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 27 May 2015

A two-hour-plus cat-and-mouse game between the two heavyweight actors unfolds, and is enthusiastically filmed against a to-die-for soundtrack,…

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By Raphael Abraham (46) for Financial Times (1,822) on 27 May 2015

At times it feels like money for old tropes but Dujardin is a likeable lead who shows he can do more than just ooze charm as he starts to crack…

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By Cary Darling (452) for Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com (553) on 27 May 2015

There are no elaborate car chases or dizzyingly choreographed shootouts…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 25 May 2015

In their couple of scenes together, Dujardin and Lellouche, light and dark but so alike, make the screen crackle with their intensity…

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By Dan Jolin (289) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 24 May 2015

For all the charisma of its hero and villain, it falls down on its failure to resist cliché…

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By Eddie Harrison (272) for The List (2,018) on 24 May 2015

There's a lot for genre fans to like, from Dujardin's winning central performance to an eclectic soundtrack that sets a montage of street crime…

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By Rob Hunter (276) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 24 May 2015

It creates a world and pulls you in only to remind you at the end that this warm, sunny fantasy is actually the cold, dark world called reality…

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By Bevanna K (4) on 24 May 2015

Cops +robbers+ French Connection +ClichÃ© = A mediocre movie, with too much Connection to the French Connection, even with a Strong cast…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 21 May 2015

From scene to scene The Connection is never less than watchable, although it is also never less than predictable…

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By Dom Sinacola (87) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 20 May 2015

The Connection plods along, unable to find its pace, stuck somewhere in the middle of the straightest line between the movie it madly wants…

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By Filipe C (248) on 17 May 2015

Jimenez is too ambitious for his own good. The film lacks focus…

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By Elite C (3) on 15 May 2015

Straightforward crime drama highlighted by great acting…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 14 May 2015

Jimenez's sprawling cat-and-mouse thriller loses momentum and focus in the homestretch, but until then its '70s sun-and-sin-on-the-Côte d'Azur…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 14 May 2015

While the results inevitably pale in comparison to The French Connection — which could be said about virtually every other film currently…

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By Steve Macfarlane (121) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 14 May 2015

The film feels utterly infatuated by the cop/crook dividing line long-since drawn, if not flogged, by Michael Mann…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 May 2015

Despite the pedestrian screenplay (by Jimenez and Audrey Diwan), Dujardin and Lellouche are magnetic performers who slip easily into their…

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By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 May 2015

This is a work many cuts above the norm, with the leads resonating on several levels and supporting talent, settings and period as authentic…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 11 May 2015

Although all the pieces form a tidy little puzzle, the end result has about as much impact as spending two hours assembling a picture out of…

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By Jimmyo (378) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 11 May 2015

THE CONNECTION is a well made, but ultimately generic and predictable crime drama that never manages to rise above its influences…

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