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It's not often that you see the craft of cinema so perfectly executed--or a group of fancy scoundrels so ruthlessly caught and skewered. Comedy of Power, like all of Chabrol's Hitchcockian films, is dark, smart and delicious.Full Review

Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

In many ways a meandering film, a collection of good scenes.Full Review

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

As ever, Mr. Chabrol's style is delicate and precise. Comedy of Power is not his deepest or most ambitious film, and its stance of knowing resignation in the face of corruption can feel a little glib. But Ms. Huppert's ferocity compensates for the director's detachment; no French actress is as riveting to watch once the gloves come off.Full Review

A.O. Scott
The New York Times

Draggy for long stretches, and never funny, Comedy of Power is a showcase - as if she needed another - for Huppert's chameleon qualities. She's an actress who can make a phone-book reading interesting, and that is pretty much the challenge she meets here.Full Review

Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

This movie can't commit to a genre, let alone a logical sequence or complete idea. But there is a wisdom in its blas assessments and frivolous air: What's the point; where's the wine?Full Review

Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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