5/5 A Horror Film In Drawing-Room Drag
  by Michael P. Walsh (Jiangmen, China)
Comedy of manners or farce it is not. Make no mistake: this is a horror film. The social commentary is penetrating, poignant, and prophetic.

4/5 3.5 stars out of 4
  by One-Line Film Reviews (Easton, MD)
The Bottom Line:

A film often found in critics' alltime-best lists, The Rules of the Game may be a bit too slowly paced for the average filmgoer but it offers a wealth of drama and incisive satire for the more patient viewer: it's a must-watch for cinephiles, but casual film fans might do better to look elsewhere.

4/5 Not by Hoyle: a classic pre-WWII French film
  by R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
Hunting party where he shot a bear and got an eagle instead?
They all love this blond Austrian Lady: I can't see the attraction.
Parisian love triangle on love triangles, this film is confusion to most of the Americans: who is in love with who and married to who.
Thia film has upstairs and downstairs affairs well before the BBC thought of it. A comedy-tragedy of manners is what we see performed with the Marx brothers like chase of the servant by the game warden as the comedy relief.
Upper class rules of the bed swapping is the satire hidden in the plot?


5/5 ROtG- Criterion
  by Wolf Vanzandt (Selma, Alabama)
Hmmmm.....what's to say. The movie, The Rules of the Game is considered one of the greatest movies ever made simply because it is one of the greatest movies ever made. The cinematography is innovative for it's time. The acting is excellant. The story is a fascinating sociological probe of French upper middle class culture of the time.

But this edition is especially provocative. It is particularly interesting that the movies that are considered breakthroughs often did the worst at the box office. Renoir was nearly driven out of France for this one. The comparisons with Citizen Kane are fascinating.

Particularly interesting in the considerable extra material provided with this edition is the intimate details of Renoir's life including rarely disclosed information about his father, the painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

The Criterion Collection would be relevant as a study piece in several courses - sociology, art, communication.....

4/5 Sir Adam's Micro Review: The Rules of the Game
  by Sir Adam of Scots ((please remember to vote!!))
Entering the film, I wasn't sure what kind of sauce Ebert was hitting when he called this "perhaps the greatest film EVER". As it came to a close, I think it is not THE BEST, but if they were to make a WFI (World Film Institute) and create a top 100 list, this would most definitely be on it. Rewatch Factor: Four and 1/2 Stars