The Big Risk
Reception

The Big Risk (1960)

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7.5
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 7,216 votes
7.7/10 1,908 votes Synced 2026-07-30
7.4/10 5,151 votes Synced 2026-08-20
Audience 6.0/10 5 votes Synced 2026-07-19
Critics 8.4/10 Synced 2026-07-19
Audience 8.4/10 Synced 2026-07-17
Critics 10.0/10 Synced 2026-07-17
7.0/10 152 votes Synced 2026-09-12

External reviews

Peter Rainer · Christian Science Monitor 100.00/100.00

A first-rate crime thriller from 1960.

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Dana Stevens · The New York Times 90.00/100.00

A tough and touching exploration of honor and friendship among thieves.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum · Entertainment Weekly 100.00/100.00

A doozy of a French gangster pic that, in its beautifully refurbished and pithily resubtitled re-release, turns out to be one of the highlights of the 2005 movie year.

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Kenneth Turan · Los Angeles Times 90.00/100.00

To come across Classe Tous Risques is like discovering a bottle of marvelous French wine you didn't remember you had, opening it and finding it every bit as delicious as its reputation promised. That's how good this classic fatalistic French gangster film is.

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Sean Axmaker · Seattle Post-Intelligencer 83.00/100.00

Sautet lets the film wander from Ventura's desperate odyssey, but when the irresistibly charming young Jean-Paul Belmondo enters the picture as an unflaggingly loyal ally, his wandering is forgiven.

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J. Hoberman · Village Voice 70.00/100.00

Shot on city streets but unfolds in the world of the movies--in a Godardian touch that anticipates Godard, the Ventura character is identified by the cops as "an old pal of Pierrot le Fou." The new titles are flavorsome, and the restoration is up to Rialto's previous high standards.

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Maitland McDonagh · TV Guide Magazine 88.00/100.00

Feels astonishingly fresh, filled with subtle performances and devastatingly understated images - Sautet's final shot of Davos alone in a Paris crowd is a killer.

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Roger Ebert · Chicago Sun-Times 75.00/100.00

A crisp, smart, cynical film about dishonor among thieves.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum · Chicago Reader 70.00/100.00

Terse and fatalistic.

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