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Racer and the Jailbird

Le fidèle

2017

Michael R. Roskam

Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sam Louwyck, Stefaan Degand ...

5.3

571

Drama. Thriller. Romance It's love at first sight at a racing circuit when gangster Gino ("Gigi") (Matthias Schoenaerts) meets Benedicte ("Bibi") (Adele Exarchopoulos), a wealthy and fearless racing driver. Fierce and loyal, Gigi and Bibi fight for their love against fate, but also against reason and their own weaknesses. But how far can endurance be stretched? How far can they go to try and save what may already be lost?

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[Schoenaerts and Exarchopoulos] create sparks in a drama that runs out of gas (...) Roskam winds up piling on the hearts and flowers. And the romantic-doom clichés."	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] has an appealing romance and fast cars, but not much else (...) 'Racer and the Jailbird' speeds along at an engaging clip, but never overcomes the fundamental simplicity of its plot."	NEU
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"Good chemistry is not enough (...) Roskam’s structural choices weaken the overall intensity of the story"	NEU
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"If you’re in a romantic frame of mind, 'Racer and the Jailbird' delivers so wholly on that front that it goes a fair way toward compensating for the film’s deficiencies elsewhere."	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"An indulgent 130-minute running time and a plot that wildly over-stretches sees 'Racer' ultimately bounce off the rails (...) Consistently stylish throughout"	NEU

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