William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surve... (Full plot summary below)
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William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.
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| Tim Dirks' The Greatest FilmsTim DirksThe French Connection (1971) is director William Friedkin's brilliant, fast-paced realistic police/crime film |
| Apollo GuideBrian WebsterFascinates us in an almost perverse way, gripping us with its tension, thrilling us with its action, and troubling us with its dystopic view of American society circa 1971. |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. Puccio...tough, edgy, exciting, profane, and explosive, although its R rating seems a little extreme by today's standards. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonOne of three gritty, street-smart cop movies in 1971 that sent all other cop movies packing. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe French Connection is routinely included, along with "Bullitt," "Diva" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark," on the short list of movies with the greatest chase scenes of all time. What is not always remembered is what a good movie it is apart from the chase scene. |
| VarietyRobert B. FrederickProducer and screenwriter have added enough fictional flesh to provide director William Friedkin and his overall topnotch cast with plenty of material, and they make the most of it. |
| Slant MagazineBudd WilkinsAn electrifying achievement, drawing its high-voltage forward momentum from the collision of semi-documentary procedural, with its based-on-real-events verisimilitude, and downbeat rogue-cop revisionism. |
| Empire MagazineAndrew CollinsFriedkin's hand-held documentary style was the perfect vehicle for the film's pumped-up verite. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawThe final moments of The French Connection are a powerful, even magnificent repudiation of the modern piety of redemption and sympathy. It is a stunningly nihilist ending, one to set alongside Polanski's Chinatown. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickThere have been bigger and grander car chase sequences since ..., but it would be hard to come up with one that is more raw and intense |
