SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

leplatypus I have always heard that France is more liberal since 80s and that before, censorship was the way of life. If it's true , then why France avoids since to produce movies that makes people think and why the old cinema is more challenging ? This movie is the perfect proof : done in 1979, it's an extraordinary fiction about the JFK assassination and like Stone's movie, the big names are here : Verneuil as director and Montand as attorney ! Maybe this is the trail of my hobby for this case because this movie totally gripped me when i discovered it as a kid ! This fictive case is as opaque as the real one and reaches the same conclusion with involving the firms. Visually, the movie is astonishing because like the french comedy « Who killed Pamela Rose », the location are french but looks like America ! In addition, you will find a true classic moment of filmmaking with the scientific experiment about authority ! In conclusion, this movie, helping to understand the modern « democracy », is a sane therapy for every citizen: so try to forget the E … for entertainment that we are fed up daily !

alesaavedra Yves Montand plays the role of a prosecutor who takes an investigation into the murder of the president JFK.The film is based on the allegory of Icarus: if it is closer to the truth, it burns the wings. But in general, this film is a fierce critic of power in modern societies approach and particularly how power, whatever it may be, can bring a nobody to perform acts of great cruelty.The film stages Milgram's experiments that have fascinated, that seems much based on this scientific demonstration of the human capacity to submit to authority.

rainfall Henri Verneuil's film may be not so famous as Parallax View, 3 Days of the Condor or JFK but it is certainly not worse and sometimes even better than these classic representatives of the genre. Action takes place in fictional western state where fictional president has been killed. After several years of investigation, special government commission decides that president was killed by a lone gunman. But one man - prosecutor Volney, played by Yves Montand - thinks there's something more to be investigated and so the film starts. This movie doesn't deal with some exact theories, but it embraces the whole structure of relationship between government and society in today's world. Such film could be made only in the 1970-ies but it will never lose it's actuality. Furthermore, it's even a bit frightful how precise are it's oracles. 10 out of 10.

hoschi2k First time I saw this movie was in the eighties, but reviewed now this thriller is still actual. Some newer movies focus on similar topics, but they do not match this french milestone.A president - obviously JF Kennedy - gets shot in an open car during a public appearance. The resulting huge investigation finds the "Lee Harvey Oswald" figure of this movie guilty, but one member of the jury insists in further inquiry. He reveals some surprising evidence ...Unlike Oliver Stone's JFK - a movie with the same plot - this one does not play with emotions, but concentrates in a exciting description of a conspiracy and how everything fits together, drawing a new picture of the assassination. Even a real psychological experiment is used for this explanation of the crime scene. Compared to JFK this movie is more reasonable, intelligent and thrilling. Parts of the plot can be found in a lot of newer movies, I had a kind of deja vu sometimes sitting in the cinema."I... comme Icare" is a "must see". Its unique and brilliant, and the music by Ennio Morricone is wonderful. This movie deserves a very good ranking, if it was a Hollywood production it would be famous for sure.