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In his labyrinthine portrait of a convict turned kingpin, Jacques Audiard (A Self Made Hero) combines the grittiness of HBO's Oz with the shifting loyalties of a Leone western. After assaulting a cop, Malik (riveting newcomer Tahar Rahim) earns a six-year prison bid. Though illiterate, the 19-year-old speaks French and Arabic. Instead of congregating with the Muslim inmates, he keeps to himself, providing a perfect target for Mob boss César (Niels Arestrup of Audiard's The Beat That My Heart Skipped), who makes him a Godfather-like offer he can't refuse: kill Reyeb (Hichem Yacoubi), an Arab set to testify against the Corsicans, or meet his maker. Malik decides he would prefer to live (in a surrealistic touch, Reyeb's ghost will haunt him for the rest of the film). In return, Luciani offers him protection but stops short of treating him like an equal. When Malik isn't serving coffee and making deliveries, he studies French and Corsu. With what he learns from the mobsters, he befriends two other loners, Ryad (Adel Bencherif) and Jordi the Gypsy (Reda Kateb), and starts a drug-smuggling operation. The years pass, and Malik takes advantage of his parole leaves to work both sides of the fence, and when the authorities transfer César's crew to a different facility, the balance of power shifts from the aging master to the model student. At 149 minutes, A Prophet feels more like a miniseries than a movie, but there are no dead spots, no wasted moments, resulting in Audiard's most fully realized vision to date. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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"As epic as The Godfather." -Kevin Maher,The London Times
"Like The Godfather, which it regularly recalls, A Prophet serves up crime as a metaphor for life and power…" -John Anderson, Wall Street Journal
"The film's hero is a cousin to the protagonists of The Godfather or Scarface, but the movie writes its gangland saga without phony mob glamour." - Robert Horton, Everett Herald
"If Malik doesn't remind you of Al Pachino's Michael Corleone on his journey from innocence to corruption in The Godfather saga, well…he should. A Prophet is similarly, startlingly momentous." -Stephen Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A Prophet is a new crime classic." -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"4 out of 4 stars." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"A stylish revelation, recalling The Godfather…" -James Verniere, The Boston Herald
"A Prophet is Godfather good…" -Karen Durbin, Elle
"A Godfather saga set behind bars, Audiard's riveting tale of a young Arab's rise within the inmate hierarchy is as compelling as filmmaking gets." -Paul Ennis, Now Magazine
"Like The Godfather, which it regularly recalls, A Prophet serves up crime as a metaphor for life and power…" -John Anderson, Wall Street Journal
"The film's hero is a cousin to the protagonists of The Godfather or Scarface, but the movie writes its gangland saga without phony mob glamour." - Robert Horton, Everett Herald
"If Malik doesn't remind you of Al Pachino's Michael Corleone on his journey from innocence to corruption in The Godfather saga, well…he should. A Prophet is similarly, startlingly momentous." -Stephen Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A Prophet is a new crime classic." -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"4 out of 4 stars." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"A stylish revelation, recalling The Godfather…" -James Verniere, The Boston Herald
"A Prophet is Godfather good…" -Karen Durbin, Elle
"A Godfather saga set behind bars, Audiard's riveting tale of a young Arab's rise within the inmate hierarchy is as compelling as filmmaking gets." -Paul Ennis, Now Magazine
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By J. Gallegos
Format:Blu-ray
Malik El Djebena enters prison a blank slate of nineteen. Immediately you realize his youth, his vulnerability in a savage, organized world that only sees him as fresh bait. He becomes the means to a murderous end for fellow inmate the Corsican mob and thus begins his descent into its servitude. Ironically, it is his position as their dirty Arab that provides his escape.
Propelled by stellar, stoic acting on Tahar Rahim's behalf, this story gripped me from blinded beginning to free end. Throughout the film you empathize with Malik. He's as much if not more a victim of his environment as he is a Machiavellian strategist gripping all opportunities available to him. It's not always pleasant to watch his endeavors, but they have an authenticity, a type of logic, that is followed until the end.
An amazing film that has made a fan where previously only an aversion to its subject matter existed, Un Prophéte deserves all the praise it gets.
Propelled by stellar, stoic acting on Tahar Rahim's behalf, this story gripped me from blinded beginning to free end. Throughout the film you empathize with Malik. He's as much if not more a victim of his environment as he is a Machiavellian strategist gripping all opportunities available to him. It's not always pleasant to watch his endeavors, but they have an authenticity, a type of logic, that is followed until the end.
An amazing film that has made a fan where previously only an aversion to its subject matter existed, Un Prophéte deserves all the praise it gets.
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best creation yet from the brilliant French filmmaker Jacques Audiard
March 29, 2010
Format:DVD
'A Prophet' settles it: Jacques Audiard is the best filmmaker working today. His previous two films (Read My Lips, The Beat That My Heart Skipped) were superb, but 'A Prophet' is his best creation so far. For me, it's the best film of 2009. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film but was beaten out by El Secreto De Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes). I'll reserve judgment until I see that one, too, but it's hard to believe it's a better movie than Audiard's.
As another reviewer aptly notes on these pages, 'A Prophet' has more than subtle shades of 'The Godfather.' French Arab Malik (an amazing Tahar Rahim) starts the movie as a callow 19-year-old entering prison. Quickly, he's selected to carry out a hit by the Corsican gang that rules the prison. The hit itself is excruciatingly intense movie-making. The pressure was suffocating. [At least one fellow movie-goer left the theater and didn't return.]
After carrying out that task, Malik is protected by César Luciani (an equally mesmerizing Niels Arestrup) leader of the Corsicans in prison. In fact, Luciani effectively runs the prison. Thus begins a life for Malik in which the Corsicans see him as an Arab and the Arabs as a Corsican. But Malik proves himself more than an errand boy. As Malik is told by the character Reyeb, "the idea is to come out smarter than you came in." Reyeb is talking about book-smart intelligence, and - while Malik does take and excel at literacy training - Reyeb's epigram holds deeper meaning as well. Malik slowly builds confidence, bravado and cunning to the point where he's running a massively complicated scheme (both in and out of prison) in which he expertly plays off four sides against each other.
As we watch Malik's transformation, we see the transformation of the prison yard as well. César learns too well that you can't fight demographics. Starting with a band of 20+ loyalists, he first watches his team gutted by a Sarkozy decree moving a bulk of the Corsicans to another institution. Then, the yard turns more Arab. César starts relying on Malik more than he'd like. And when Malik puts his jaw-dropping in/out double-cross game into play, the last of César's inner circle turns on itself.
In thinking about this film, I realized just what a massive undertaking Audiard has unfolded story-wise. In even trying to capture the essence of all the critical plot points, this review could easily extend for pages. At the two-hour mark, I thought: "wow, it's going to take at least another 30 minutes to resolve all this drama." Sure enough, the movie clocks in at 2 hours 35 minutes. It's worth every minute of your time to see this masterpiece of cinema.
As another reviewer aptly notes on these pages, 'A Prophet' has more than subtle shades of 'The Godfather.' French Arab Malik (an amazing Tahar Rahim) starts the movie as a callow 19-year-old entering prison. Quickly, he's selected to carry out a hit by the Corsican gang that rules the prison. The hit itself is excruciatingly intense movie-making. The pressure was suffocating. [At least one fellow movie-goer left the theater and didn't return.]
After carrying out that task, Malik is protected by César Luciani (an equally mesmerizing Niels Arestrup) leader of the Corsicans in prison. In fact, Luciani effectively runs the prison. Thus begins a life for Malik in which the Corsicans see him as an Arab and the Arabs as a Corsican. But Malik proves himself more than an errand boy. As Malik is told by the character Reyeb, "the idea is to come out smarter than you came in." Reyeb is talking about book-smart intelligence, and - while Malik does take and excel at literacy training - Reyeb's epigram holds deeper meaning as well. Malik slowly builds confidence, bravado and cunning to the point where he's running a massively complicated scheme (both in and out of prison) in which he expertly plays off four sides against each other.
As we watch Malik's transformation, we see the transformation of the prison yard as well. César learns too well that you can't fight demographics. Starting with a band of 20+ loyalists, he first watches his team gutted by a Sarkozy decree moving a bulk of the Corsicans to another institution. Then, the yard turns more Arab. César starts relying on Malik more than he'd like. And when Malik puts his jaw-dropping in/out double-cross game into play, the last of César's inner circle turns on itself.
In thinking about this film, I realized just what a massive undertaking Audiard has unfolded story-wise. In even trying to capture the essence of all the critical plot points, this review could easily extend for pages. At the two-hour mark, I thought: "wow, it's going to take at least another 30 minutes to resolve all this drama." Sure enough, the movie clocks in at 2 hours 35 minutes. It's worth every minute of your time to see this masterpiece of cinema.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blu-ray: Compelling, raw, violent but a superbly directed, well-performed and overall, an awesomely unique film.
August 17, 2010
Format:Blu-ray
If there is one thing I have appreciated about Jacques Audiard's work, you know you're in for a cinematic treat. I enjoyed his 1999 film "Venus Beauty Institute" (Vénus beauté institut), his 2001 film "Read My Lips" (Sur mes lèvres) and repeated his success with his 2005 film "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" (De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté) and in 2009, Audiard returned with "Un prophète" (A Prophet) which is based on the original screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit and rewritten by Audiard and Thomas Bidegain.
The film would receive critical praise and would go on to receive an Academy Award nomination in 2009, a winner of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix , won "Best Picture of the Year" at the London Film Festival and would join two films in the history of the César Awards by being nominated for 13 awards and the third film in French cinema history to win 9 or more César awards (the last two films was the 1980 film "The Last Metro" and the 1990 film "Cyrano de Bergerac").
VIDEO:
"A Prophet" is presented in 1080p High Definition (1:85:1 aspect ratio). I've commented with nearly every Sony Blu-ray release of how these last two years have been fantastic in terms of overall presentation and quality. The picture quality for "A Prophet" is absolutely wonderful. You can see the detail of the grime around the prison, the weaves of fabric on the clothing, the scratches, cuts, wrinkles and skin pigmentation in HD and a color pallet that is full of detail and depending on the scene, great use of colors to showcase the cold prison life to the vibrant outdoor (and out of prison) scenes.
There is a fine layer of grain throughout the film and blacks are nice and deep. Overall, a magnificent presentation from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment with no signs of artifacting, edge enhancement or any other negative anomalies.
AUDIO & SUBTITLES:
"A Prophet" is presented in French and German 5.1 DTS-HD MA. Although the film is primarily dialogue driven and thus sound coming from the front and center channels, you do hear the prison ambiance through the surrounds. For example, when Malik is working at the sewing shop, you can hear the machines through the surrounds. And you also get good use of the surrounds during the more action driven sequences such as the shooting scenes or a person being kicked and beaten.
The film also utilizes music such as its primary score courtesy of Alexandre Desplat ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Lust Caution", "The Valet", etc.). Desplate does a wonderful job with the score in developing the overall somber mood of the film. Also, the film utilizes modern hip hop and rock tracks which is deep with bass and quite clear through the front channels.
Subtitles are presented in English, English SDH, French, German and Turkish.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"A Prophet" comes with the following special features (in standard definition, French stereo and with English and German subtitles):
* Commentary with Director Jacques Audiard, Actor Tahar Rahim and Co-Writer Thomas Bidegain - An audio commentary track which gives you really good insight of the film, working with the various cast members, the technical issues of filming in a prison and more.
* Deleted Scenes - (10:34) The film comes with four deleted scenes.
* Tahar Rahim & Adel Bencherif Rehearsal Footage - (1:05) Tahar Rahim (Malik) and Adel Bencherif (Sayad) rehearsing.
* Tahar Rahim & Gilles Cohen Rehearsal Footage #1 - (4:49) The first Tahar Rahim (Malik) and Gilles Cohen (Prof) rehearsal.
* Tahar Rahim & Gilles Cohen Rehearsal Footage #2 - (3:07) The second Tahar Rahim (Malik) and Gilles Cohen (Prof) rehearsal.
* Screen Tests - (5:00) Featuring five screen tests for Tahar Rahim (Malik).
* Theatrical Trailer - (2:02) The original theatrical trailer for "A Prophet".
* BD-Live Enabled - Register your disc with Sony for their awards points or preview upcoming Sony Blu-ray releases.
JUDGMENT CALL:
"A Prophet" is a film that is a fantastic film that is well-written, well-directed and more than anything, both Tahar Rahim and Niels Arestrup do a wonderful job with their role. Perfectly time interaction and the film while long at 155 minutes, was well-written and helped develop the characters, especially Malik's journey as the quiet prisoner to seeing him evolve into something quite different.
Needless to say, "A Prophet" is a survival film. Malik does all he can to survive within the next six years and that is by remaining close to the Corsican mafia (who treat him like a dog because he's Arabic) while trying to keep his reputation cool among the Arabs. If anything, we learn first hand of how difficult it is for Malik as he must obey Luciani in order to survive the corrupted prison system but also making sure to maintain communication with other people in prison to ensure the success of his business and also helping those who are with him.
With that being said, the film does have its share of violent moments and for the faint-hearted, especially for those who don't like seeing blood, this film does have a very bloody scene. One scene has Malik being trained by the Corsican mafia on how he is to kill Reyeb. In the scene, Malik is to pretend he is about to give Reyeb oral but with a blade hidden in his mouth, Malik has to slice the carotid artery on Reyeb's neck. Let's just say that things get bloody in this scene.Other scenes feature Malik being kicked in the ground, punched, nearly eye gouged.
But these scenes are necessary to show how a man can change in prison and it has a psychological toll on Malik as he begins to see the man he has killed in his room and begins to have a conversation with him. May it be guilt and this man haunts Malik's inner conscience but the truth is, while in prison and with no one to trust but his one friend Ryad (played by Adel Bencherif), all Malik has is this ghost of Reyeb. Possibly to remind him of his innocence that was stripped away by the Corsican mafia. We see how this man go from this silent loner, we see him evolve to a new kind of man and everything plays out quite wonderfully at the end.
There have been a good number of well-created prison films in the past 50 years such as "Grand Illusion", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Le Trou", "Stalag 17', etc. With most dealing with prison escapees to police or someone disguising themselves as prisoners trying to obtain information from a criminal. And while survival in prison has been featured in a variety of films, "A Prophet" is probably the first film in which a writer and director has attempted (and in this case succeeding) in depicting one man's survival while being in the most corrupted and dangerous place to be. Having to lean on those who want to use you, corrupt you and rob you of your innocence and thus changing you in the process.
This is one grueling journey for the protagonist and at 155-minutes, it's definitely a film that requires one's patience. As for its title, "A Prophet" comes from one of the crime bosses in which Malik has to meet (which Luciani has arranged with his people in the outside). Malik has a dream the night before about driving and seeing a lot of deer and a deer sign and sure enough, while in the car with the crime boss, he quickly remembers the deer by seeing the deer sign and warns the people in the car that they are about to get into an accident. The car manages to hit only one but Malik's warning enables him to save the lives of the criminals, the crime boss asks Malik how he knew those deer were coming and if he is some kind of prophet.
The title has nothing to do with Malik having dreams that come true (with the exception of the deer incident) but more or less, a man who learns the hard way of survival from a top mafia boss and learns about the shady practices of well-connected criminals in the prison system and eventually utilizing the things he has learned and making the best out of it.
Although the film has received mostly positive reviews, there are some who challenge the film's plot of Malik being able to leave the prison system for "leave days" which are given to low-incident criminals. With Luciani's connection with the warden and the outside, Luciani depends on Malik handling some business for him while on his leave day.
Donald Levit of "ReelTalk Movie Reviews" writes, "Malik may have a plan or may wing it, but too many things fly too fast and furiously -- a first, seconds-long airplane ride (nicely done); a mosque and imam, cached kilos and Egyptians; a highway deer-crossing sign and an outdoor beach restaurant lunch; an increasing Muslim prison population and transfers or releases for fifteen of the twenty Corsicans; a bafflingly complicated and carried out Mace attack and van rub out."
Levit does have a point but I believe that is why the duration of the film was long. Director and writer Jacques Audiard and co-writer Thomas Bidegain wanted to show how powerful the Corsican mafia boss César Luciani truly is. We see this man having access to the best cell, television, food, clothing and even having access to a hidden cell phone. We know that the warden has been aiding Luciani and of course, whenever someone from the outside is meeting with him, he is literally conducting business and uses Malik and his weakness and fear in doing these jobs (which can easily get himself killed). But Luciani is well-connected and is able to make things happen for Malik in the outside world. Read more ›
The film would receive critical praise and would go on to receive an Academy Award nomination in 2009, a winner of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix , won "Best Picture of the Year" at the London Film Festival and would join two films in the history of the César Awards by being nominated for 13 awards and the third film in French cinema history to win 9 or more César awards (the last two films was the 1980 film "The Last Metro" and the 1990 film "Cyrano de Bergerac").
VIDEO:
"A Prophet" is presented in 1080p High Definition (1:85:1 aspect ratio). I've commented with nearly every Sony Blu-ray release of how these last two years have been fantastic in terms of overall presentation and quality. The picture quality for "A Prophet" is absolutely wonderful. You can see the detail of the grime around the prison, the weaves of fabric on the clothing, the scratches, cuts, wrinkles and skin pigmentation in HD and a color pallet that is full of detail and depending on the scene, great use of colors to showcase the cold prison life to the vibrant outdoor (and out of prison) scenes.
There is a fine layer of grain throughout the film and blacks are nice and deep. Overall, a magnificent presentation from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment with no signs of artifacting, edge enhancement or any other negative anomalies.
AUDIO & SUBTITLES:
"A Prophet" is presented in French and German 5.1 DTS-HD MA. Although the film is primarily dialogue driven and thus sound coming from the front and center channels, you do hear the prison ambiance through the surrounds. For example, when Malik is working at the sewing shop, you can hear the machines through the surrounds. And you also get good use of the surrounds during the more action driven sequences such as the shooting scenes or a person being kicked and beaten.
The film also utilizes music such as its primary score courtesy of Alexandre Desplat ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Lust Caution", "The Valet", etc.). Desplate does a wonderful job with the score in developing the overall somber mood of the film. Also, the film utilizes modern hip hop and rock tracks which is deep with bass and quite clear through the front channels.
Subtitles are presented in English, English SDH, French, German and Turkish.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"A Prophet" comes with the following special features (in standard definition, French stereo and with English and German subtitles):
* Commentary with Director Jacques Audiard, Actor Tahar Rahim and Co-Writer Thomas Bidegain - An audio commentary track which gives you really good insight of the film, working with the various cast members, the technical issues of filming in a prison and more.
* Deleted Scenes - (10:34) The film comes with four deleted scenes.
* Tahar Rahim & Adel Bencherif Rehearsal Footage - (1:05) Tahar Rahim (Malik) and Adel Bencherif (Sayad) rehearsing.
* Tahar Rahim & Gilles Cohen Rehearsal Footage #1 - (4:49) The first Tahar Rahim (Malik) and Gilles Cohen (Prof) rehearsal.
* Tahar Rahim & Gilles Cohen Rehearsal Footage #2 - (3:07) The second Tahar Rahim (Malik) and Gilles Cohen (Prof) rehearsal.
* Screen Tests - (5:00) Featuring five screen tests for Tahar Rahim (Malik).
* Theatrical Trailer - (2:02) The original theatrical trailer for "A Prophet".
* BD-Live Enabled - Register your disc with Sony for their awards points or preview upcoming Sony Blu-ray releases.
JUDGMENT CALL:
"A Prophet" is a film that is a fantastic film that is well-written, well-directed and more than anything, both Tahar Rahim and Niels Arestrup do a wonderful job with their role. Perfectly time interaction and the film while long at 155 minutes, was well-written and helped develop the characters, especially Malik's journey as the quiet prisoner to seeing him evolve into something quite different.
Needless to say, "A Prophet" is a survival film. Malik does all he can to survive within the next six years and that is by remaining close to the Corsican mafia (who treat him like a dog because he's Arabic) while trying to keep his reputation cool among the Arabs. If anything, we learn first hand of how difficult it is for Malik as he must obey Luciani in order to survive the corrupted prison system but also making sure to maintain communication with other people in prison to ensure the success of his business and also helping those who are with him.
With that being said, the film does have its share of violent moments and for the faint-hearted, especially for those who don't like seeing blood, this film does have a very bloody scene. One scene has Malik being trained by the Corsican mafia on how he is to kill Reyeb. In the scene, Malik is to pretend he is about to give Reyeb oral but with a blade hidden in his mouth, Malik has to slice the carotid artery on Reyeb's neck. Let's just say that things get bloody in this scene.Other scenes feature Malik being kicked in the ground, punched, nearly eye gouged.
But these scenes are necessary to show how a man can change in prison and it has a psychological toll on Malik as he begins to see the man he has killed in his room and begins to have a conversation with him. May it be guilt and this man haunts Malik's inner conscience but the truth is, while in prison and with no one to trust but his one friend Ryad (played by Adel Bencherif), all Malik has is this ghost of Reyeb. Possibly to remind him of his innocence that was stripped away by the Corsican mafia. We see how this man go from this silent loner, we see him evolve to a new kind of man and everything plays out quite wonderfully at the end.
There have been a good number of well-created prison films in the past 50 years such as "Grand Illusion", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Le Trou", "Stalag 17', etc. With most dealing with prison escapees to police or someone disguising themselves as prisoners trying to obtain information from a criminal. And while survival in prison has been featured in a variety of films, "A Prophet" is probably the first film in which a writer and director has attempted (and in this case succeeding) in depicting one man's survival while being in the most corrupted and dangerous place to be. Having to lean on those who want to use you, corrupt you and rob you of your innocence and thus changing you in the process.
This is one grueling journey for the protagonist and at 155-minutes, it's definitely a film that requires one's patience. As for its title, "A Prophet" comes from one of the crime bosses in which Malik has to meet (which Luciani has arranged with his people in the outside). Malik has a dream the night before about driving and seeing a lot of deer and a deer sign and sure enough, while in the car with the crime boss, he quickly remembers the deer by seeing the deer sign and warns the people in the car that they are about to get into an accident. The car manages to hit only one but Malik's warning enables him to save the lives of the criminals, the crime boss asks Malik how he knew those deer were coming and if he is some kind of prophet.
The title has nothing to do with Malik having dreams that come true (with the exception of the deer incident) but more or less, a man who learns the hard way of survival from a top mafia boss and learns about the shady practices of well-connected criminals in the prison system and eventually utilizing the things he has learned and making the best out of it.
Although the film has received mostly positive reviews, there are some who challenge the film's plot of Malik being able to leave the prison system for "leave days" which are given to low-incident criminals. With Luciani's connection with the warden and the outside, Luciani depends on Malik handling some business for him while on his leave day.
Donald Levit of "ReelTalk Movie Reviews" writes, "Malik may have a plan or may wing it, but too many things fly too fast and furiously -- a first, seconds-long airplane ride (nicely done); a mosque and imam, cached kilos and Egyptians; a highway deer-crossing sign and an outdoor beach restaurant lunch; an increasing Muslim prison population and transfers or releases for fifteen of the twenty Corsicans; a bafflingly complicated and carried out Mace attack and van rub out."
Levit does have a point but I believe that is why the duration of the film was long. Director and writer Jacques Audiard and co-writer Thomas Bidegain wanted to show how powerful the Corsican mafia boss César Luciani truly is. We see this man having access to the best cell, television, food, clothing and even having access to a hidden cell phone. We know that the warden has been aiding Luciani and of course, whenever someone from the outside is meeting with him, he is literally conducting business and uses Malik and his weakness and fear in doing these jobs (which can easily get himself killed). But Luciani is well-connected and is able to make things happen for Malik in the outside world. Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
review of A Prophet
Well written, intelligent, insightful, edgy without being sensational, well cast and believable. Story gets a litle tangled at the end.
Published 2 months ago by Leslie Mandelbaum
3.0 out of 5 stars
Movie Review
The review i read before i got this BR was deceiving. It was rated as a must watch but turn out slow and predictable.The acting was convincing but a little too slow.
Published 2 months ago by Benson Toh
4.0 out of 5 stars
'A Prophet' (2009): Review
More or less a required viewing for gangster film enthusiasts, Jacques Audiard’s ‘Un Prophete (A Prophet)’ is a solid, engrossing work following the 6-year stay in prison of one... Read more
Published 2 months ago by T. Bollinger
5.0 out of 5 stars
perfect
This is an amazing film. A part of the criminal prison genre, parts are predictable, but overall it is a brilliant film.
Published 3 months ago by Pierre Valjean
2.0 out of 5 stars
I couldn't get into it.
Not sure if I was tired or just too much story but it sure made me sleep good and sound.
Published 4 months ago by B. Gonzalez
1.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible waste of time. Don't watch this
Who are these people who write reviews claiming this is a brilliant worth-while movie?
It is not, by any means, worth watching. Read more
It is not, by any means, worth watching. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gregory Giagnocavo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow!
Great movie and blu-ray. This movie is right up there with "The Godfather" as one of the best crime dramas of all time. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Swonny
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting
Interesting foreign movie, it wasn't exactly what I was expecting it to be, but it did depict a french underworld that most people don't know about.
Published 5 months ago by hjavier
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Movie
A Prophet is most probably the best movie I've ever seen. I like French movies much more then American movies, because I believe they make honest and genuine movies. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ahsan K. Bajwa
5.0 out of 5 stars
great !
great movie! a complete master piece from the start to the end. thank you for have movies like this one.
Published 6 months ago by piki mendizabal
