Sight and Sound
"[T]he set pieces are staged with a style and self-consciousness all Melville's own." 07/01/2004 p.78Entertainment Weekly
"Even back in 1962, Melville made the usual suspects feel new by wrapping them in gorgeous desolation." -- Grade: B 07/27/2007 p.52 Los Angeles Times
"The 1963 gangster thriller, mixes American elements into a Parisian setting, creating a stylish, gripping milieu." 09/07/2007 New York Times
"Melville's storytelling never suffers from philosophical meandering. The precision with which he films robberies and escapes marks him as one of the most lucid and gifted directors of physical action..." 09/15/2008 | 
