Synopsis
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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Cast
- Frédéric PierrotBaloo
- JoeyStarrFred
- Nicolas DuvauchelleMathieu
- Karin ViardNadine
- Naidra AyadiNora
- Karole RocherChrystelle
- Emmanuelle BercotSue-Ellen
- MaïwennMelissa
- Marina FoïsIris
- Arnaud HenrietBamako
Recommendations
- 90
The New York Times
The messiness of the film seems appropriate to its subject, which is the attempt to bring at least a measure of order - and even a touch of grace - to a chaotic and frequently ugly reality. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
The film can be rambling and glib, yet it's no mere crime drama. It captures a middle-class French society that looks more humane than ours, but is just as messed up. - 75
The A.V. Club
The best moments of Maïwenn's Polisse, about the dedicated members of a Child Protection Unit in northern Paris, have the same quality, a fly-on-the-wall docu-realism that feels eerily like the real thing. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Filmmaker-star Maiwenn's socially-minded film is packed with raw, visceral performances from an accomplished cast. - 70
Village Voice
The strange, unsettling juxtapositions, even when mashing up the mawkish and mockery, are full of life. - 63
Slant Magazine
Polisse has been compared to "The Wire," but beyond a shared interest in the Sisyphean nature of police work, the two are mostly comparable as inverses of each other. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
Actress and director Maïwenn Le Besco (a.k.a. Maïwenn) confounds expectations by drawing together a heart-thumping patchwork of dramas and emotions. - 60
Variety
Though rough edges are very much part of picture's fabric and charm, the current two-hour-plus edit is too choppy, with many sequences feeling rushed or underdeveloped.
