Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Shannon Weiss While watching Les Carabiniers it is immediately evident that Godard is making a statement in an individualistic way. Is it a satirical portrait of society at war, a black comedy poking fun at realistic drama, or an experimental project through which Godard exercising his right to redefine himself and his cinematic style? The film is undeniably a combination of all three. Two military officers arrive at a shack which, surrounded by barren land in every direction, is home to two men and their supposed wives. The officers blind the foursome with promises of riches and glory stating, "in the current times… the police should learn to distract the population." The two men enlist and trot off to war, eager to "slaughter the innocent" and learn of "worldly women". A series of detached scenes ensues, illustrating the nature of war as the duo execute their plan to murder and misuse. Postcards arrive at home telling the women of their bloody exploits. The absurdity of war is made clear by the end of the film when the King loses the war, the men return home penniless, and life goes on much as it did before – perhaps with a slightly more bitter tinge. While the film makes a political statement it is perhaps not as enjoyable to watch if one is not well versed in or highly admirable of Godard's work.

chace-2 Jean Rouch has called this movie, the best anti war movie ever. He points out that the anti-epic character of the movie comes most close to the character of war, because war also works really anti-epic, too. So I really can't understand why the first comment to this movie on this page, which is really foolish and just shows that its writer has no idea of movies at all, isn't removed!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It insults the work of a genius.

grizzli-2 I don't understand how or why this movie was so much criticized. I just saw it on DVD and found it excellent. It's completely different of what Godard usually does : I tend to be a little disturbed by his systematic use of quotations (a good example is the recent "Eloge de l'amour"), and there is no such thing in "Les Carabiniers". The dialogs are completely pure, and there is a very clever use of enumerations, which seldom happens in a movie. Great scenes, like when the girl demands to tell a poem before she's executed, when Michel-Ange discovers the cinema, when Ulysse and Michel-Ange show Cléopâtre and Vénus the treasures they brought back from war... It's simple and beautiful.

Nazi_Fighter_David Similar to Ingmar Bergman's 'Shame' is Godard's powerful parable of war, 'The Riflemen.' Godard has stated that 'In dealing with war, I followed a very simple rule. I assumed I had to explain to children not only what war is, but what all wars have been from the barbarian invasions to Korean and Algeria, by way of Fontenoy, Trafalgar, and Gettysburg.'Michelange and Ulysse leave the women when the king's officers come enlist them... They are offered everything... 'Can we loot, burn, rape etc. etc… 'Yes. You can do anything you want,' they are assured... So with rifles on their backs they are off to war... Like Bergman's film there is no enemy... Both sides wear the same uniform, talk the same language and have the same objectives... Nothing is left out of the film, the hate, the humiliation, the rape, but above all we are impressed by the unending and unrelieved scenery of destruction... There is nothing that is natural or alive in the world of rubble...