Arnaud Desplechin evinces a glancing touch with showing how social tension and need inform law and crime.

Oh Mercy is clearly the film where writer/director Arnaud Desplechin explicitly comes to terms with the world, and he does so in a very personal way.

It isn't too long into its running time that Oh Mercy!, in its generally abiding faith in the effectiveness and general well-meaning of police work, comes off as undiscerning in its pro-cop stance.

As a police thriller it has a promising start that, little by little, loses its potential by frequenting common places. [Full review in Spanish]