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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenWas it all for naught? Only weeks after the 23 partisans were arrested (and all but two promptly executed), Paris was liberated. Army of Crime is a passionate act of remembrance.
- 100San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIt shouldn't be missed. This is a fact-based story of the French resistance who had to fight not only the Germans but their own people. The title comes from the term in a propaganda poster that the Germans and occupied French government used to label the fighters as terrorists.
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThis is 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.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceVirginie 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.
- 75St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsThis true story does a great service by honoring the memory of 22 brave men and women and by dramatizing the internal debates within the French population. But in staying true to life, it sacrifices some of the pacing and clarity of a conventional thriller.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThough it drags here and there and is a bit flat in places, the film is solidly made and for the most part quite involving.
- 60EmpirePhil de SemlyenEmpirePhil de SemlyenCompelling performances and beautifully told heroics but the pacing is flawed in terms of a thrilling cinematic experience.
- 60VarietyJordan MintzerVarietyJordan MintzerGuediguian's lengthy period yarn features a wide array of characters filmed with his habitual simpatico eye, but loses the dramatic thread in too many plots, too little action and not enough originality.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThere'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.