Poliss: Press reviews

'restless and compelling, ragged and moving.'

At Cannes: 'packed with raw energy and visceral performances from an accomplished cast, and despite an unwieldy episodic structure, the film touches where it matters most.'

'Not for the faint-hearted, but it feels like the truth.'

At Cannes: 'As in her previous efforts, Maiwenn coaxes terrific, naturalistic perfs from her ensemble without eschewing the extreme emotional highs and lows that could have led to more caricatured turns'

'Unsparing in its portrayal of the seedier side of French society, only Polisse's loose focus keeps it from matching The Class for emotional punch. It's still a worthy companion piece to TV police procedurals like Spiral.'

At Cannes: 'This patchily impressive film is all the more frustrating because when it's good it positively crackles, while the less successful passages are self-indulgent and sometimes borderline superfluous'

'Send this cop film to a correction facility'

'It's frank about the harrowing crimes they contend with, and the unbearable pressure such crimes place upon them, but that makes its willingness to be funny all the more laudable.'

'The performances are uniformly excellent, but (..) There are forgivable lapses, especially a misjudged melodramatic gesture in the final reel.'

'Some of this odd drama about the Paris police cracking down on child abusers works but there are some awful tonal misjudgments'

'there's something off-putting in its alternation of sentimentality and self-righteousness.'

At Cannes: 'Polisse by Maïwenn Le Besco, has to be a strong contender for the most awful film of the competition... the ending is wildly unconvincing and melodramatic.