I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Simply put, this is well and truly one of the most overrated movies of all time.

'The French Connection' is at its best when its palpably gritty city street setting swallows its two hard-boiled, brutish but brilliantly brass-balled heroes and churns them out as almost nothing more than another piece of superb set-dressing, simply adding to the sensationally stained sense of time and place so very vital to the success of the punchy piece; its car-chase sequence is a real stand- out too, not only within the genre but also the whole medium, thanks to the devastatingly dangerous feel afforded simply because it was shot straight-up for real, every bump, scrape and oh-so-close call just seconds away from ending not only the careers of every member of the cast and crew but also Gene Hackman's and several city- slickers' very lives, and while this reckless abandon cannot be advised or even condoned, it certainly adds to the utter determination and desperation of one of the most no-holds-barred, brash and brutally honest action scenes of the seventies, but its actually this film's quieter moments that strike me the most, Roy Schneider slowly stalking someone from behind a broadsheet or tenuously tailing the last in a long line of fruitless endeavors, as they somehow manage to keep me riveted despite their lack of action and show an ironically interesting side of a slow-burning and sometimes boring job, a side seldom seen in cinema. 7/10

"The French Connection" needs no introduction. Along with "Dirty Harry," it set such high standards for how a cop thriller should be made. The above film strives for realism and achieves this and more. Almost every camera shot was on location.The fact that "The French Connection" won major Oscars just about says it all. The film wisely has a documentary feel to it, seeing as the film is based upon real life events Gene Hackman became an overnight sensation in the lead. He was born to play Popeye Doyle, no one else could play that character. By turns, he is jolly, determined, obsessed and volatile. He has fine support from Roy Scheider, Tony LoBianco and Fernando Rey. A film like "The French Connection" benefited immensely from having technical advisors on hand, including the very two police officers whose careers this film is based. The car chase scene is one of the best I've ever seen. One of the ultimate masterpieces.

Wow, The French Connection is it, it's the quintessential New York movie (with due respect to Woody Allen) and kind of captures the zeitgeist of the 70s in our great country called the USA. One of my favorite scenes is when Jimmy is determined to find cocaine hidden in a car. Buddy (Roy "Jaws" Scheider) expresses some skepticism in his facial expression - and that is something that should be shown in any acting masterclass. Most impressive for sure. Thankfully Jimmy is vindicated.The car chase scene is tour de force. No CGI, no special effects. I'm surprised no-one got killed during the scene.I haven't seen The French Connection II but maybe I will one day.