Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!msb From: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: MY NEW PARTNER (Les Ripoux) - a genuine review Message-ID: <686@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 19:45:04 EDT Article-I.D.: lsuc.686 Posted: Tue Jul 2 19:45:04 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 20:21:32 EDT Reply-To: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 21 Summary: I liked it. Also, I comment on "Kelvin Thompson". I think it should be obvious to all by now that a review by "Kelvin Thompson"* beginning "This is a bad movie" means that this is a movie worth seeing. And so it is with MY NEW PARTNER**. The movie is a comedy-drama about an honestly corrupt police detective in Paris -- a sort of 1980's edition of Louis from CASABLANCA -- and his new partner who is, of course, honestly honest. That's all you need to know. If the premise puts you off, as one or two people have said, then don't go. Also, it's in French with subtitles; if that puts you off, then don't go. For those who don't fall in one of these classes, it's simply a nice, warm, funny little story. I give it a rating of $7 (Canadian). Mark Brader *Could even the name be false? Remember, before Lord Kelvin (the physicist) was a Lord, his name was Thomson... no p, but still, it seems suspicious. **The real title is LES RIPOUX, which is a play on POURRI, and is translated in subtitles as "ruptcor". I think the decision to retitle in English was good.