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De Gaulle - Rotten Tomatoes

De Gaulle - Rotten Tomatoes

DE GAULLE

2020, Biography/History, 1h 48m

40%
TOMATOMETER10 Reviews
20%
AUDIENCE SCOREFewer than 50 Ratings

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MOVIE INFO

May 1940. France is facing a disastrous military situation against the German army. Charles de Gaulle, newly appointed General, joins the Government in Paris while Yvonne, his wife, and their three children stay in the East. Facing the defeatist attitude of Pétain ready to negotiate with Hitler, de Gaulle has one purpose: continue fighting. And along with thousands of French families, Yvonne and the children are soon forced to flee the advancing German troops. Without contact from one another, the doubt arises: will the de Gaulle family be sacrificed for the sake of France?

  • Genre: Biography, History, Drama

  • Original Language: French (France)

  • Director: Gabriel Le Bomin

  • Producer: Farid LahouassaAïssa Djabri

  • Writer: Gabriel Le BominValérie Ranson-Enguiale

  • Release Date (Theaters):   Limited

  • Release Date (Streaming): Oct 22, 2021

  • Runtime: 1h 48m

  • Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films

  • Production Co: Les Productions du Renard, France 2 Cinema, Vertigo Productions, SND Groupe M6, Les Films de la Baleine, France 3 Cinéma

CAST & CREW

Lambert Wilson
Isabelle Carré
Olivier Gourmet
Catherine Mouchet
Pierre Hancisse
Sophie Quinton

CRITIC REVIEWS FOR DE GAULLE

Considering the colossal historical footprint of the real-world story it tells, "De Gaulle" should have been an occasion equal parts immersive and high-stakes, but Le Bomin's tedious drag fails to rise to it.

Wilson makes a very plausible de Gaulle. He has the height, the slimness and the posture and once he has the uniform on, it's easy to overlook the fact that he's much too handsome for the part.

A bland piece of hero worship.

Considering the turbulent historical period it depicts, this tedious biopic fails to sufficiently heighten the stakes.

Despite some vapid domestic scene-setting, the focus is on tense, compelling backroom negotiations before the general (an outstanding Lambert Wilson) became a wartime leader

The end result, while never short on intrigue, always seems more interested in explaining history than depicting it.

The opportunity to shape this important story into a dynamic narrative, worthy of its British counterparts, is missed.

De Gaulle could never be made into a matinee idol but there had to be something viewers could admire.

Less jingoistic and nationalistic than its creators, we praise and extol the performance of its protagonist, Lambert Wilson. [Full review in Spanish]

It lurches from episode to episode without that essential flicker that brings genuine life...

AUDIENCE REVIEWS FOR DE GAULLE

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