Set in France the film, is directed by Stéphane Brizé, follows an factory worker who attempts to make a living day by day after being fired
15 July 1959, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
December 19, 2016
Stéphane Brizé's absorbing but unspectacular film stars Vincent Lindon as a working-class Joe who experiences the indignities of unemployment and, later, those of a soul-corroding job.
May 31, 2016
Compassionate, engrossing and utterly relevant.
May 20, 2016
It's Lindon's achievement that, even when Thierry is at his most impassive, we always know what is going on inside his head.
July 21, 2016
Stéphane Brizé's "The Measure of a Man" feels so real, you're almost startled when it's over - it seems as if this French drama about a middle-aged husband and father facing unemployment should just go on, as life tends to do.
May 19, 2016
It's a miniature portrait of quotidian desperation that nevertheless speaks to the collective psychic moan of job-seekers and those barely holding on everywhere.
July 09, 2016
Lindon draws us in beautifully to his character, even though there isn't much to explore. It all relies on the final scene, a weak payoff to justify the title
July 12, 2016
A piece of narrative fiction that borders on agit-prop in its fervent plea for the worker.
December 07, 2016
There are far better films, including French ones, that tackle the same thematic ideas as The Measure of a Man and actually do something with them.
June 02, 2016
As 15 minutes turns into a half hour, and then an hour, and then more, viewers will get tired of nodding their heads. The movie makes a point, but it doesn't build on it.
April 21, 2016
It's a memorable portrait of a man whose dignity and humanity are slowly pried away from him, until he snatches them back at the end.
