Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

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  5.0

  93

  out of 100

  Metascore^®
  Universal acclaim
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  critic review scores.

• 100

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

  A consummate entertainment rich with the romantic atmosphere of Paris in the 1950s. Coming at a turning point in French cinematic history, it drew upon several major talents - director Louis Malle, star Jeanne Moreau, cinematographer Henri Deca, musician Miles Davis - and achieved near-legendary results with all of them.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

  These 1950s French noirs abandon the formality of traditional crime films, the almost ritualistic obedience to formula, and show crazy stuff happening to people who seem to be making up their lives as they go along.

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