The Rules of the Game
Drama • NR • 1939 • 1 hr 46 min
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The pace of the film seems to constantly gets faster while it’s characters become more like the prey they hunt.
Once you get past the much needed and necessary charachter development. You will be in for a crazy meditation on French society in the time.
There has never been a better exploration of disloyalty and the complications of sex and love than in this masterpiece.
You’ll fall asleep and wake up to the bland, exciting, and even humorous portions of the story. Bourgeois at its most comical.
I understand it's purpose, but I've seen more entertaining and compelling films that satirize the bourgeoisie
A piece of art for what concerns the directing and the script
I'm inclined to believe that the "no animals were harmed in the making of this movie" post-script was mandated in response to this.
A dark comedy in a labyrinth of confusions and delusions made by a set of spoiled characters. Revolting and fascinating at the same time.
An interesting study of the lives of the French bourgeoisie at the beginning of war. The characters are shallow, careless, and very real.
Phenomenal. Evokes a sad, almost nostalgic emotion.
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