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4.0 out of 5 stars Gritty but not Glamorous, Jun 23 2009

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Neil Olsen (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The French Connection (DVD)

You may not like the characters in this movie, but it totally captures the seedy underbelly of New York in the early 70s. Gene Hackman plays the part brilliantly. I didn't actually expect to like this but was hooked from start to finish. Only disappointment was sound quality. Found I had to have the volume way up to properly follow the dialogue. But other than that a classic of early 70s cinema.

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1.0 out of 5 stars another bore fest masquerading as a movie, Oct 25 2007

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falcon "disdressed12" (canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The French Connection (DVD)

in my opinion,The French Connection is one long bore.Gene Hackman is a
gifted actor,but even he can't save this mess.William Friedkin has
managed to create a movie in which all of the action scenes(as well as
the rest of the movie)seem slow and boring.and in case you don't know
what the movie is about,here's a brief synopsis the way i saw it.cop
movie with bad dialogue,punctuated by boring action sequences,followed
by more bad dialogue and on and on.the writers should not escape notice
for their part in this disaster,either.i know this movie is considered
a classic,but i don't see it.this is just my view and i'm probably in
the minority,but that's how i saw this movie.i can only give The French
Connection 1/5.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the 4th time viewing got even better experience, July 2 2004

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justareader (yorba linda, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The French Connection (Widescreen) [2 Discs] (DVD)

simply fantastic! the 2nd dvd got lot of significant details about this great movie making. the quality of the dvds are so crispily sharp. very very good viewing experience. gene hackman admitted it set off his career and confessed the difficulties to bring himself into playing the popei role. by viewing his performance only proved that he's one of the greatest modern time actors. think back....almost all of his movies roles were great, no matter how lousy the movies themself was. gene hackman is a national treasure.

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