The Butcher (1970) Reviews

The Butcher (1970)
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Sexual frustration is the focus of this Hitchcockian thriller from French director Claude Chabrol. Schoolteacher Hélène (Stéphane Audran) comes to a small Périgord village to begin a new job. She is soon romanced by the local butcher, Popaul (Jean Yanne), but is distracted by her job and memories of a previous ill-fated relationship. A series of brutal murders of young women and a dropped cigarette-lighter raise Hélène's suspicions about her suitor, whose pitiable, depraved compulsions lead to a gruesome conclusion. Audran, who was Chabrol's wife at the time, makes an engaging heroine, and Yanne is simultaneously scary and pathetic as the obsessive butcher. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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Starring:
Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, (more)
Director(s):
Claude Chabrol
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R
Format(s):
DVD
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Mark C.

Remarkable Truffautesque camera work succeeded well in the beginning, but never seemed to follow through as the plot thickened. A very slow moving, poorly acted, badly directed film with a ridiculous ending. Bells constantly chimed throughout the movie and did nothing more than give me a headache. Blah!

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Paul C.

But they sent me the wrong video I ended up with a troma film called the butcher and not this French film that I wanted to rent.

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Peter K.

Good movie, if you like 60's Hitchcock films. Not as great as Hitchcock's work, but interesting. THe synopsis/review above is a bit whack. Read Ebert's on his site.

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    Mark C.

    Remarkable Truffautesque camera work succeeded well in the beginning, but never seemed to follow through as the plot thickened. A very slow moving, poorly acted, badly directed film with a ridiculous ending. Bells constantly chimed throughout the movie and did nothing more than give me a headache. Blah!

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    Paul C.

    But they sent me the wrong video I ended up with a troma film called the butcher and not this French film that I wanted to rent.

    Yes   |   No

     
    Peter K.

    Good movie, if you like 60's Hitchcock films. Not as great as Hitchcock's work, but interesting. THe synopsis/review above is a bit whack. Read Ebert's on his site.

    Yes   |   No

     
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