“A Tour de Force”
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

“Simply a Hell of a Thriller!”
- Andy Klein, LA City Beat

“BRUTAL AND SUBTLY BRILLIANT!
Underscores why the French put the name to film noir.”
– Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

“ESSENTIAL MELVILLE!”
– Time Out New York

“A master class in the art of the double-cross
—and MAY BE THE FILM-GEEK EVENT OF THE SEASON!”
– Nick Catucci, New York magazine e-newsletter

“ARGUABLY MELVILLE’S BEST FILM…
So stylized that it’s nearly a fetish vehicle for staccato dialogue, trench coats, and fedoras.”
– Lisa Rosman, Flavorpill

“A cool, classy treat!”
– Stephen Whitty, The Star-Ledger

“The great Jean-Pierre Melville’s most influential film…
A slippery, gripping cops-and-robbers thriller…
ending with a tragicomic shootout you’ll never forget!”
– Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com

“The plot is twisty and the direction elegant.”
– Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“A gripping and effective mood piece from one of the greats.”
– Bilge Ebiri, New York magazine

Seattle Weekly pick of the week by Brian Miller

The Stranger by Charles Mudede

Seattle PI Review (Grade A) by Brian Miller

Everett Herald Review/Feature by Robert Horton