Charlie Nelson, Edith Scob, Isabelle Petit-Jacques
A weathered old gangster (Johnny Hallyday) arrives by train at a small French town to rob the local bank. But he soon discovers there's no room at the local inn in which he'd hoped to stay while he pl...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 25, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (179)
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October 2, 2009Two extremely good actors producing two extremely good performances. This is a fantastic story of envy, friendship and regret. Its brilliant!
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January 14, 2009Intelligent and well written character study of two very different men. Highly recommended.
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August 8, 2007Again, I don't remember it well enough to truly say, but I feel confident enough to give a rating. This was another sleepy classroom flick, but I was more awake for this one. Heh.
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October 14, 2009Excellent movie about looking deep inside of you to find your true feelings. However, the movie leaves some ambiguity about what really happened... but this seems to be typical about French movies to leave it ambiguous for the viewer to get out of the movie what they want to get ...( read more)
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September 4, 2009good & reflective about relationships & experiences & chance encounters...
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January 25, 2009I like the director and this is a good movie but it wont take your breath away
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January 14, 2009(2002 Director: Patrice Leconte) Sounds like a disturbing portrait of 2 men brought together by fate...Synposis from http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/the-man-on-the-train/ ". . .The film's fascinating idea is to have these men become real friends, and director Patrice Leconte...( read more)
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January 2, 2009A Brilliant character study between two men of opposing sides of the track. Hallyday a bank robber longs to have the same life his counter part Rochefort has. While Rochefort the simple and timid poetry teach longs for the adventure and adrenaline the other lives on. Through ther...( read more)
Critic Reviews
May 26, 2003
David Edelstein, Slate
May 23, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Taps into the same emotional current that sustains the entire 'buddy picture' genre, but does so with feeling and unmistakable insight. full review
May 22, 2003
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
A beautifully deft, witty character study. full review
May 12, 2003
Nick Schager, Nitrate Online
So static and predictably schematic as to lull viewers into a comfortable slumber. full review
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January 14, 2009Since there was little here on FLIXSTER, I F0UND 2 OTHER SITES AND QUOTE: http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/the-man-on-the-train/ "...The film's fascinating idea is to have these men become real friends, and director Patrice Leconte ("The Widow of Saint-Pierre," "The Girl on the Bridge") explores the peculiarities of male friendship, with its detached emotion and unexpressed affection. They say little to each other of any real consequence, yet you get the feeling they'd die for each other.
Both men live with regret in their lives,.." -
January 14, 2009
(2002 Director: Patrice Leconte)
Excerpt of review from site,
"A man steps off a train in a small French town where the one hotel has gone out of business. He is forced to take a private room. There are many connections between the two men. Both are alone, and both are lonely. Both brood about their dates with destiny on Saturday and worry about the things they can’t control. They come to see in each other the qualities that are missing from their own lives. Milan has had too much adventure and not enough stability, and it’s the opposite for Manesquier.
At one point, Manesquier says of his tame and boring life, “I stopped living before I got old.” Those same words might well be the Milan’s epitaph if he doesn’t slow down. . . . At the end, the connections are drawn even more clearly in a Godfather-like montage. . . " http://www.moviehabit.com/reviews/man_e903.shtml
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