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Absolutely the worst movie.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

In the summer of 1942 more than 12,000 French Jews were delivered to the Nazi. They were locked at the Vélodrome d'Hiver for several days without food or water or sanitation.It was up to Red Cross nurses, like Annette Monod (Mélanie Laurent), and Dr. Sheinbaum (Jean Reno) to care for the prisoners and mitigate their suffering.La Rafle is not a film about the deportation of Jews and the horror of the concentration camps with Hitler's Final Solution. This film is powerful testimony to the denaturalization of French Jews, the appalling conditions of the Vel d'Hiv, the lack of resistance of the French police as well as the existence of the French camps.

Other reviewers have given a good overview of the film so I will limit my review to explaining why the person who gave it only 1 star is flawed in his/her analysis Firstly, let me say that I'm not sure we've been given the usual offering of holocaust films year after year but that's not a point worth arguing over even if it were the case. My main points are twofold:1. The comment made that The Roundup left the viewer in a "state of severe depression" is lamentable. Perhaps he/she felt a sense of despair not depression but I'm not sure anyone would want to watch any such film and come out feeling full of joy. The ending certainly allowed one to feel a certain sense of happiness for the few individuals who survived but the fact that so few did so is reason enough not to sugar-coat events through unnecessarily focussing on one or two good moments for a few individuals. This is what might have happened had "character development" gone beyond what is required of a film of this type. The storyline is grim because the events were grim. 2. The reviewer seems to have missed the main point of the film. The interest for me in seeing such films is the light they shine on those who collaborated with the Nazis in various countries in Europe and the varying reasons and motives that drove this collaboration. For me, this film gave an interesting look into the attitudes of the Vichy French and the anti-semitism that pervaded their thinking.

this movie captures the emotions of the persecuted beautifully...everyone needs to watch movies like this to make sure that atrocities do not repeat themselves...this movie is a must see...what more could one want in a movie. THere are very few movies i have found that seem to provide the realism that this has achieved. The acting is outstanding-- the characters are believable and portray despair and hope in a way that has to have an impact on the viewer. With all the garbage out there and almost pointless action movies that are for entertainment purposes only and are soon forgotten after they are viewed--this one has an impact on the viewer that is long lasting. When compared to other movies out there, this one shines in comparison. again i repeat this is a must see....hope this helps

Mélanie Laurent is convincing. At the time of this review the rating averaged 6.9, so it has crept up from what it was earlier, as I can tell by reading other user reviews; I think it has a fair result considering other movies on the subject. Speaking of the subject, the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942, it is an historical fact (easy to check on Wikipedia). This movie highlights the children's fate more than the rest and the actors in those roles did a pretty good job. Because we see children being torn from their parents and being brought to be killed as they were, it is a difficult movie to watch, how can it not. Some reviewers complain about the numerous movies on the subject of the holocaust; there have been genocides before WWII and more even since, so as long as there are, there must be movies on the subject. Books and encyclopedias can relate facts etc., but motion pictures about genocides do a far better job at conveying the horror and the evil it is. Two movies were produced and released in 2010 on the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942, the other being 'Sarah's Key'; I hope as many people as possible see at least one of them, because I for one understand how movies help shape the thinking of a generation.