S.W.’s Scores
Continuity
+3
Entertainment
+4
Rewatchability
+3
CastJean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg
StreamingCriterion Channel, digital rental
S.W.’s Verdict
Godard broke the rules of cinema on purpose and Belmondo made it look effortless. The jump cuts were the manifesto. Everything else — the stolen car, the American girl, the inevitable ending — was just Belmondo being Belmondo. Ninety minutes of style pretending to be a story.