Polisse

2012
7.3| 2h3m| NR| en
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Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer commissioned to graphically document the daily routine of the team.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
grantss Worse than bad: insensitive and dull. Takes a very sensitive subject and essentially turns it into a vigilante movie. The cops are thuggish, boorish witch-hunters. The alleged criminals are stereotypical, one-dimensional, uncaring morons. And every man is a pedophile.Heaps of random shouting contests, for the hell of it.In addition, everything happens at a snail's pace, and with many totally unconnected events. Incredibly dull.Performances are terrible. No depth, and all rather stereotypical. Very unconvincing. I don't think I've disliked the "heroes" of a movie more than than I did in this movie.(Spoiler alert) It is French, so the movie wouldn't be complete with a totally random death at the end. This is no exception. Even trumps your average French movie for totally random endings.Avoid.
The_late_Buddy_Ryan Involving and highly watchable, like a French Altman film. The officers of the BPM (Brigade for the Protection of Minors) work a tough Paris precinct (Belleville/Porte St Denis), patiently investigating the most appalling crimes, and get no respect from other branches of the force. They're portrayed as being high-strung and even tantrum-prone, quite different from the steely pros we're used to on "SVU," which makes perfect sense to me. A female officer of Arab descent almost literally throws the book (the Qu'ran that is) at a Muslim who smugly asserts his right to marry off his daughter to a stranger of his choosing; two longtime friends have a hideous screaming fight after one of them tweaks the other about Facebooking on the job… (The subtitlist does a great job with the raucous ensemble scenes, btw.) Writer-director Maïwenn dons geeky Elvis Costello glasses to play a photographer who's attached to the unit, though it takes a while to explain how she got the job. Great performances by all; hiphop artist Joey Starr (né Didier Morville) is a standout. The shocker ending may seem arbitrary to some, but, in light of all that's gone before, I totally bought it.
picturesque-arts Polisse is a film that has struck me with its powerful dialogue, a few very intimate and heartbreaking scenes, and the strange, tragic ending. Starting with the elements of the film that stung my heart... 1. The girl with the stillborn child, the result of a rape. The baby was so small and so obviously premature that it couldn't really be categorized as an infant - but the young girl didn't refer to it as a fetus. She ignored the tacit anxiety of the nurses and asked to hold her baby, and she cradled it with the most heartbreaking look of denial in her eyes. She was completely in a daze, and when she finally began to cry I just couldn't believe how real it felt. 2. The scene in which Melissa and Fred were having dinner with her family. The editing just made everything seem so fresh and breezy, and the way this scene was cut just made me incredibly nostalgic. The lines were so adorable too - from Melissa's sweet grandfather to the close-ups of delighted smiles and familial love. Also, seeing Melissa on the balcony, taking pictures of people on the street - who actually were people involved who went the CPU as victims or predators - was so powerful. First of all, the composition of Melissa photographing just blew me away. Secondly, I was so completely touched when I saw little denouements for the minor characters, like the African woman reunited with her son. This entire scene was something I really found valuable and meaningful. 3. Nora's intense screaming at the religious man about the Q'uran and respect. He absolutely deserved it, especially after he told her that she should have been at home with her husband and children. 4. The most beautiful and poignant scene in the entire movie, for me, was after Mathieu got shot and was in the hospital with Chrys. I began to hold my breath as soon as he, with a lap full of Pepito cookies that Chrys bought him, touched her hand with this unbearably honest sense of devotion and affection. Chrys' husband left the room. They entwined their fingers together, and he said, "You do love me a bit, don't you?" She kissed him with a sad passion, and they both began sobbing. I have never, ever seen a more intimate or perfect moment of love and sadness. I commend both actors - Nicolas Duvuauchelle and Karole Rocher - for portraying their flawless chemistry in a way that I will never, ever forget.Things I liked and disliked: 1. Balloo's outrage at his wife when suggested to "talk about work" incited him into screaming about how he would have to wake up at 4AM in order to take children away and rip families apart. I found this scene to be powerful, but it was a little too early on in the film for such an overwhelming and self-deprecating commentary on the justice system. There were many other scenes in which "talking about work" caused there to be overly offensive language that escalated too quickly to be realistic. The CPU workers would give numerous examples of pedophilia and prostitution in their speeches concerning their dislike for talking about work; I just found these examples to be crudely insensitive and way out of line, even for a CPU worker. 2. The spitfire dialogue between Gabriel and the older officers in the cafeteria. I found it to be realistic and interesting to observe, but it did become too noisy and thus slightly ineffective. 3. The large cast and each character's highly distinctive character. The acting in this film was just amazing. I found that I was able to distinguish each person for myself. However, by the time I did (and with such a big cast) I found myself missing out on the little details that defined each character. 3. Melissa. I think some aspects of her character added to the film - like her fake glasses and failing to shoot the gun well - but overall she was an awkward addition to the cast, and was too much in between; she never really was distant enough to be isolated (would always be around, even at their social gatherings) but didn't bond at all with any of them except for Fred. Her romance with Fred I found to be a beautifully filmed and executed relationship - but it was NOT something to be shoved in the middle of a fast-paced and gritty film like this one.Things I didn't like: 1. Nadine interrupting the judge and slowly kissing her husband passionately on the neck, in front of the judge/lawyers. I just wanted to ask, what purpose does such an action serve? All it did was make me feel uncomfortable. 2. The weird relationship between Melissa and her husband. What was his purpose? Since he isn't the foil to Melissa's character (she basically has none), what purpose does he serve? As I see it, he only adds more sadness bulk to the film when he is watching Melissa pack her things and move away. 3. The very last part of the ending... Just, why?Overall, I will say that most of the ending really was what warmed my heart. Though there were quite a few unanswered questions, the peppering of sweet lines ("You couldn't even be an extra") and the powerfully convincing dialogues (Nadine and Iris) really made up for the plot holes and problems with filming. There are so many more things I would like to discuss about this film but maybe the best thing would be for you to watch it yourself. I definitely recommend it!
OJT Polisse is a documentary style feature film, which follows French police working with child molestation and abuse. We're follow them in a film without a plot, only everyday life and troubles, and through dinners and bar escapades. The cases and the language is really rough stuff, and this is obviously not for everyone. If you're easily offended, keep away.We're given no explanation, just follow what happens as a fly on the wall. So is the director here, Maiwenn, which uses a small tourist camera, taking pictures all the time. Strange, and looking quite unprofessional, but then she is originally an actor. We're looking at actors, but this is all based upon real life, we're told, at least.We see some horrific cases of them unveiling child abuse of different kinds, and when they talk in their spare time, the language is very graphic. Maybe this is a work hazard, still I find it strange that these grown ups talk low life language, using all kinds of sexual words when they seem to have a normal conversation. It might be right, but maybe this feels too much for an ordinary viewer. At least I thought so, and I'm not easily offended.Two more things irritate. First of all Maiwenn, photographing everywhere with her old camera. She looks lame doing this, and ruins the impression of this as a serious movie. Sue's like a misfit, or bimbo in this film. She's acting, and I don't understand her mission in this. But being writer and director, she obviously needed a role as actor as well. With better professional help, the film would have been way better. Still there's lots of stuff which will hit you hard here.The police acting like this in their spare time makes us also questioning their motives as well as their credibility and them being real professionals, though we really down to earth understand they are well qualified personnel. But from time to other you really wonder...Interesting, and nice try, but still the film has some troubles impossible to disregard.The second main problem is we never follow out the interesting things which we see. It's all small fragments. We don't get to know people. Instead we get longer pieces of non-important dancing at night clubs and ridiculous discussions. Still this is interesting, and worth to watch. Just expect to be annoyed, insulted, chocked, bored and disgusted every other minute.