My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Lacombe Lucien (1974)

This exceptional character study is about a young teen who rebels against his family by assisting the French Gestapo work with the Nazis locate members of the French Resistance during WWII.  Louis Malle directs what seems like a true story.  It's unfortunate that the lead actor Pierre Blaise died in a car accident a year later because he was a special talent and I believe had a promising career.  We'll never know how great he could have become but this performance alone is superb.  A drama that shows how easily one can make the wrong choices when lured by the rebellious ego, I was greatly entranced.  Grade: A-  
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