An officer and spy: reviews

What the critics say average 6.3 from 5 outlets

• 8.0 The GuardianXan Brooks It?s a solid, well-crafted piece of professional carpentry, like a heavy piece of Victorian furniture; built to last; built to be used. The longer you look at it, the more impressive it grows. Read
• 7.0 Screen DailyTim Grierson Jean Dujardin is quietly excellent as the French officer whose growing conviction that Alfred Dreyfus (Louis Garrel) is innocent of treason puts him on a collision course with his superiors. The Oscar-winning actor provides the film with its soulful centre, despite the familiarity of the material and its procedural tone. Read
• 6.0 The TelegraphRobbie Collin This is a sober, stiff-collared procedural, handsomely shot but also oddly bloodless until the more conventional paranoid-thriller rhythms of its final act kick in. Read
• 5.5 The WrapAlonso Duralde Any controversy that might erupt over Roman Polanski?s decision to implicitly equate himself with one of history?s greatest victims of injustice is dissipated by the resultant film?s tepid listlessness. Read
• 5.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman An Officer and a Spy has a this-happened-and-then-this-happened quality. And that?s why the movie, beneath the two-dimensional jauntiness of its acting and the period vividness of its sets and costumes, feels more dutiful than riveting. Read
• El PeriódicoNando Salvá It's a good film. It's not such good as the others of his director but, valued for its artistic merits, it's an irreproachable play. Read