The Measure of a Man
The Measure of a Man
| 16 March 2015 (USA)
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At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?

Reviews
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
sergepesic It seems that some of the reviewers found this movie bad and boring. Some of them just didn't get it, and one (who calls himself "The Cinema Man")vents his dislike for leftist politics on this movie. Oh well, people see what they see." The Measure of a Man" is one of the best movies I've seen in last few years. In a series of vignettes played in real time we see an unemployed man in his 50's,who is desperately drowning in the modern world of low level sociopath bureaucracy. You don't have to be vengeful leftist to see the deep level of dysfunction on our planet. Vincent Lindon, the only professional actor in this film, played a role of a lifetime. Brave and unflinching actor in a brave movie for frightening times.
TheCinemaMan This is a movie wherein much is put in by film judges and critics that is simply not there. Those who find "stuff" name off basically the usual pretentious leftist pablum. No better example than Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention drivel "For its prophetical stance on the world of work and its sharp reflection on our tacit complicity in the inhumane logics of merchandising." Say what??? No, I'm not interested in prices going up just to fund some clerk's druggy son or because somebody needs a DVD fix. And I'll exercise my own freedom when it comes to loyalty points. To nominate this film for the Krzysztof Kieslowski Award is a travesty on that great director's work. This is a movie only a Bernie Sanders could like.
GUENOT PHILIPPE When the Ken Loach's style encounters Dardenne's brothers' one. One more true, accurate, social movie, as real as you have the feeling to watch actual characters for actual events, the kind you may meet everyday around you. The fierce, ruthless, cruel face of the real world. The actors here are not actually ones, but authentic characters. The way of playing reminds me LE PASSE, I saw two years ago. It doesn't look like a film, I repeat. Vincent Lindon is perfect here, as terrific as usual for such a character. An unemployed guy who, just after losing his job, has to fight every day to survive, to struggle like a dog to help his wife and retarded son to make it in this jungle that life is. So, he eventually finds a job as a security guard in a large department store. For him, that will be a more deeply dive into the fierce ugliness of life. An outstanding feature that doesn't make you laugh.
germanotalamare I had the honor to watch the premiere of this beautiful film in Cannes. I am glad to see that there are still experienced directors that can make film like this one: relatively low budget, simple cinematography, a few but good actors, few locations but with a very good story telling. Stephane Brize' is able to tell his story in an entertaining way even if mainly using long uncut scenes and very simple camera setting. No shot and counter shot, none of the usual Hollywood techniques. The director take his time lingering to build tension and emotions.Everything is based on the skills of the actors, with witty dialogues and situations that recalls the sitcom but with a dramatic treatment. It's an intelligent critic to the French society. Every young filmmaker should watch and learn from this film.
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