Movie #96: The 400 Blows

Movie #: 96
Movie Title: The 400 Blows
Year Released: 1959

Director: François Truffaut
Notable Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier

Short Description: Moving story of a young boy who, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: N/A
Empire.com: #41
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: #53



Date Watched: 6/22/2016

Grade: 2 out of 5 (Fair)
Adjusted Grade: 1.5 out of 5 (Marginal)

Rationale: I’m not sure why this needed to be made into a movie. A lying, thieving kid has a rough home life, causes enough trouble at school to be expelled, and runs away from the reform school he’s sent to. Probably a subject more worthy of being made into a documentary than a feature length film given how true that plot is for some families nowadays. Easily the best part was when the physical education teacher led the students on a march outside the school and a couple at a time the kids peeled off and ran to freedom during their school day. That was by no means exciting or original, but it’s the most noteworthy part I care to recall.