A character study. Jeanne Charmant-Killman is an investigative magistrate, tough minded, swift moving, taking on a group of political fixers who pay bribes and skim large sums for personal use. She breaks them one at a time. Meanwhile, her work takes its toll: relations with her husband are strained, and the group under investigation strikes back by tampering with the brakes of her car and placing a mole in her office. Can she stand up to the pressure, and what's her reward?... (Full plot summary below)
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A character study. Jeanne Charmant-Killman is an investigative magistrate, tough minded, swift moving, taking on a group of political fixers who pay bribes and skim large sums for personal use. She breaks them one at a time. Meanwhile, her work takes its toll: relations with her husband are strained, and the group under investigation strikes back by tampering with the brakes of her car and placing a mole in her office. Can she stand up to the pressure, and what's her reward?
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| Chicago ReaderRichard PortonSuperbly incarnated by Isabelle Huppert, she's almost nunlike in her quiet heroism. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonChabrol manages a brisk, light tone, even though the movie is mostly talk, and Huppert turns in a powerhouse performance. |
| New York ObserverAndrew SarrisOne cannot imagine a similarly sophisticated fictional treatment of the Enron case from the point of view of both the accusers and the accused; in Hollywood movies, there is only right and wrong. Chabrol's Comedy of Power is much wiser than that. |
| Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)Josh Larsen...explores how power is never really diminished - it just changes hands. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectChabrol film based on true life incident, the investigation of crooked executives at Elf Aquitaine, the French version of Enron. Isabelle Huppert is terrific starring as chief magistrate. |
| Independent (UK)Robert HanksVery little happens, and it has the look of a TV movie; yet the pace never seems to let up, the screen never seems empty, and its grip on your attention doesn't falter. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzDespite the title, there's no laugh-out-loud comedy in this mostly serious thriller. |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfBy the sheer strength of [Isabelle Huppert's] performance alone, Comedy of Power is Chabrol's best film since 1995's La Cérémonie. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanChabrol has fashioned a mystery that caves in on itself, but unfortunately, it caves in on the audience, too. |
| Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe movie is too parochial for a wide audience. The French judicial system is totally alien to Americans, for instance, plus the film is a talkathon. |
