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Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Mr. Belmondo, as usual, maintains a sinister air, but it has no particular meaning, beyond showing that a crook is a crook is a crook. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Jean-Pierre Melville's existentialized gangster films are one of the glories of the French cinema, American forms played out with European self-consciousness. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A tour de force. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Even back in 1962, Melville made the usual suspects feel new by wrapping them in gorgeous desolation. Read more
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: As good as Melville's setups are, the joys of the movie keep returning to Belmondo, then and now the king of effortless cool. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: A cool, classy treat. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Read more