Blood Relatives
1977
A homicide investigator must bring all his faculties to this case. A family that has grown too close must pay the price of sin when the most intimate act becomes an act of murder. Read more
| Starring | Donald Sutherland, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence, Aude Landry |
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| Director | Claude Chabrol |
| Genres | Drama |
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Adapted from an Ed McBain novel, this is directed by the French master Claude Chabrol with a sharp eye for the middle-class hypocrisies of a Canadian community. Donald Sutherland is the detective investigating the assault and murder of a young Montreal girl, with accusations and confessions flying thick and fast, though it's only in the film's final section that there's any real tension. For the rest — astonishingly for Chabrol — it's actually a little wooden and flat.
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Dull psychological thriller, with stock characters and showing none of the flair that Chabrol has exhibited when examining the French middle classes under pressure.
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Uneasy and only partly successful thriller, taken from one of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels, with Sutherland... read more on Time Out
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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Good viewing for people who enjoy television
This is an enjoyable TV-grade murder mystery, possibly of interest to people who like programs like Law & Order. It's tempting to say the acting is ... more
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Little-seen film, for Chabrol completists only
Disappointing considering the names involved - Claude Chabrol, one of France's best directors of crime films, from a novel by Ed McBain, one of the US's... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Relative Disaster
Bad bad bad bad bad. Chabrol, France's king of suspense (supposedly), directs from an adaptation of an Ed McBain 87th Precinct novel. So where'd it go... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
dubious Tales of the Bleeding Obvious
Like a couple of other Chabrol films I have seen the conclusion to this one turns out to be a simplistic 'we guessed it from the start' disappointment ... more
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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Good viewing for people who enjoy television
This is an enjoyable TV-grade murder mystery, possibly of interest to people who like programs like Law & Order. It's tempting to say the acting is ... more
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Little-seen film, for Chabrol completists only
Disappointing considering the names involved - Claude Chabrol, one of France's best directors of crime films, from a novel by Ed McBain, one of the US's... more
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Don't get fooled by the year it was made
The story would work as well today and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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- Chantal
- Posted 26 Feb 2006 19:03
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Very disappointed
I do love this directors other films but thought this was utterly awful! Bad acting, rubbish story, lack luster direction it has nothing going for it at all. ... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Relative Disaster
Bad bad bad bad bad. Chabrol, France's king of suspense (supposedly), directs from an adaptation of an Ed McBain 87th Precinct novel. So where'd it go... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
dubious Tales of the Bleeding Obvious
Like a couple of other Chabrol films I have seen the conclusion to this one turns out to be a simplistic 'we guessed it from the start' disappointment ... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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- juradino from London
- Posted 10 Jan 2008 01:29
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Relative Disaster
Bad bad bad bad bad. Chabrol, France's king of suspense (supposedly), directs from an adaptation of an Ed McBain 87th Precinct novel. So where'd it go... more
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Adapted from an Ed McBain novel, this is directed by the French master Claude Chabrol with a sharp eye for the middle-class hypocrisies of a Canadian community. Donald Sutherland is the detective investigating the assault and murder of a young Montreal girl, with accusations and confessions flying thick and fast, though it's only in the film's final section that there's any real tension. For the rest — astonishingly for Chabrol — it's actually a little wooden and flat.
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Dull psychological thriller, with stock characters and showing none of the flair that Chabrol has exhibited when examining the French middle classes under pressure.
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Uneasy and only partly successful thriller, taken from one of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels, with Sutherland... read more on Time Out
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Blood Relatives
A homicide investigator must bring all his faculties to this case. A family that has grown too close must pay the price of sin when the most intimate act becomes an act of murder....
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