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Movie Overview
Cast
• Gene Hackman
• Fernando Rey
• Roy Scheider
Director
• William Friedkin
MPAA Rating
R
The French Connection (1971)

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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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5/5
"Puts the majority of contemporary action movies to shame."  Filmcritic.com  Blake French

5/5
"The movie is one of the undisputed must-sees of guydom."  eFilmCritic.com  David Cornelius

B
"Fast-paced urban crime thriller that catches the authentic flavor of the NYC locations."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

4/4
"There have been bigger and grander car chase sequences since ..., but it would be hard to come up with one that is more raw and intense"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

4.5/5
"It possesses an intensity and gritty urban squalor missing from crime thrillers nowadays."  ToxicUniverse.com  Jeremiah Kipp

8/10
"...tough, edgy, exciting, profane, and explosive, although its R rating seems a little extreme by today’s standards."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

9/10
"This film demonstrates how smart action movies can be, and points out how dumbed down most of them have gotten."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

"Grounded in a gritty reality - and shot as such - it's still an action classic today that offers adreniline-fueled pacing without insulting one's intelligence."  Movie Views  Ryan Cracknell

3/4
"This is your typical cop movie with good performances from Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider."  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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