I'm not sure it makes sense to review a film over a hundred others have already reviewed, but I'm doing it anyway, mainly because I really disliked it and evidently that puts me in small company. I'm not anti-French films. One of my favorite films is Jacques Tati's "Mon Oncle," which I can enjoy over and over. I really like several of Francis Veber's movies. But I intensely disliked "Rififi," for several reasons. It's supposed to be a "heist" film, but except for the admittedly remarkable actual heist sequence, most of the film is about extremely obnoxious gangsters, hatred, revenge, and cruelty. Also, SPOILER ALERT HERE, I just really hate it when movies resort to "a kid in jeopardy" to drum up suspense, danger, etc. I didn't like it in "The Man Who Knew Too Much," and I didn't like it here. To me it's just a cheap shot. Finally, and I guess this is another SPOILER ALERT, the movie's ending was just way too much of a downer for a so-called heist movie, I'd even call it infinitely depressing. Having the kid wave his toy gun around in the final sequence, was that supposed to be somehow symbolic? Give me a break. So, with apologies to all those who loved this, I really hated it.
Review of Rififi
