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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: It's not often that you see the craft of cinema so perfectly executed -- or a group of fancy scoundrels so ruthlessly caught and skewered. Comedy of Power, like all of [Cluade] Chabrol's Hitchcockian films, is dark, smart and delicious. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This movie can't commit to a genre, let alone a logical sequence or complete idea. But there is a wisdom in its blase assessments and frivolous air: What's the point; where's the wine? Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Chabrol has fashioned a mystery that caves in on itself, but unfortunately, it caves in on the audience, too. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: In Claude Chabrol's shark-toothed new drama, (inspired by the real-life 'Elf Affair' that implicated oil company magnates), Huppert exudes disarming briskness as her Jeanne mercilessly topples corporate giants and spits out big-cigar politicians. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Draggy for long stretches, and never funny, Comedy of Power is a showcase -- as if she needed another -- for Huppert's chameleon qualities. Read more
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Would that Chabrol were as fiery with the script (co-written by Odile Barski). It's suspenseless and toothless, and you never get the feeling the case Jeanne is investigating is a big deal. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: It is long past time to recognize Claude Chabrol and Isabelle Huppert as one of the cinema's great actress-director collaborations. Read more
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: A witty, timely drama. Read more
Wally Hammond, Time Out: There's a touch of Bunuel's acid in the proceedings; how fine manners mask corrupt character, and how courage and determination come at the price of isolation and callousness. Fine cinematography by Eduardo Serra. Read more
Dave Calhoun, Time Out: No laughs - but still plenty to like in this diverting and insightful thriller that plays out in the higher echelons of the French judiciary and Parisian world of high business. Read more
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: By the sheer strength of [Isabelle Huppert's] performance alone, Comedy of Power is Chabrol's best film since 1995's La Ceremonie. Read more
Jim Ridley, Village Voice: Chabrol creates an unexpectedly humane portrait of bubble worlds in collision. Read more