Overview
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
I have to admit that I felt a little pressured while watching this film. This movie is regarded as an all-time great movie by many respected reviewers (including Ebert) – I felt like I had to enjoy it. Don’t get me wrong – it’s a fine movie and I did like it. But I didn’t love it by any stretch of the imagination. At a crisp 90 minutes there really wasn’t any kind of character development. I did not feel much tension – certainly not what I would feel in a movie that is categorized as a thriller. By far the best scene of the movie (and it really is a great scene) is the last scene between the two leads. The changing expressions on her face made the movie for me.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Le Boucher
Movie title: Le Boucher
Movie description: An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
Date published: 2020-12-30
Director(s): Claude Chabrol
Actor(s): Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccara, William Guérault, Pascal Ferone
Genre: Thriller, Drama
My Review
I have to admit that I felt a little pressured while watching this film. This movie is regarded as an all-time great movie by many respected reviewers (including Ebert) – I felt like I had to enjoy it. Don’t get me wrong – it’s a fine movie and I did like it. But I didn’t love it by any stretch of the imagination. At a crisp 90 minutes there really wasn’t any kind of character development. I did not feel much tension – certainly not what I would feel in a movie that is categorized as a thriller. By far the best scene of the movie (and it really is a great scene) is the last scene between the two leads. The changing expressions on her face made the movie for me.
-
My Review - 7/10
7/10