L'armée du crime 2009

Stephen Holden, New York Times: A passionate act of remembrance. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: There's no sense of the oppression France felt under Nazi rule. It's all just play-acting in period-specific attire. You can almost hear the AD calling lunch. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: A solid, spellbinding drama based closely on real history, which along the way offers a not-so-subtle commentary on the diverse, immigrant-rich society of contemporary France. Read more

Leba Hertz, San Francisco Chronicle: This is a fact-based story of the French resistance who had to fight not only the Germans but their own people. Read more

Dave Calhoun, Time Out: His film is always fascinating and is a crucial, stirring addition to the cinema about wartime France. Read more

Michelle Orange, Village Voice: Virginie Ledoyen stars as Missak's impossibly lovely, stalwart wife, and a troupe of supporting players give life to the men and women who died not for the miserable France of that moment, but for the vision of what it could be. Read more