ue ▁of ▁The ▁Glo be ▁and ▁Mail ▁critic ized ▁Be aud in ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁dep ict ▁Claude ' s ▁murder ▁as ▁the ▁very ▁first ▁scene ▁in ▁the ▁movie , ▁writing ▁that ▁it ▁ro bb ed ▁the ▁movie ▁of ▁" the ▁pre cious ▁ambigu ity ▁of ▁our ▁feelings ▁about ▁Y ves . ▁Instead ▁of ▁letting ▁him ▁lead ▁us ▁- ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁police ▁inter rog ator ▁- ▁slowly , ▁carefully , ▁with ▁almost ▁vir g inal ▁ret ic ence , ▁into ▁the ▁interior ▁world ▁that ▁dict ated ▁Claude ' s ▁death , ▁we ▁are ▁sla pped ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁with ▁it ." ▁He ▁ultimately ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁film ' s ▁success ▁or ▁failure ▁" dep ends ▁on ▁whether ▁you ▁can ▁persu ade ▁yourself ▁that ▁Dub ois , ▁self - sty led ▁' trans gress or ▁of ▁our ▁fear s ' ▁and ▁g ains ayer ▁of ▁God , ▁succeed s ▁in ▁his ▁project . ▁If ▁he ▁does , ▁then ▁the ▁film ▁does . ▁For ▁my ▁part , ▁I ▁found ▁it ▁a ▁brilliant ▁ess ay ▁in ▁moral ▁my op ia ." ▁ ▁Craig ▁Mac In nis ▁of ▁the ▁Toronto ▁Star ▁critic ized ▁the ▁casting ▁of ▁Dup uis ▁in ▁the ▁lead ▁role , ▁calling ▁him ▁a ▁" human ▁side ▁of ▁be ef " ▁who ▁was ▁" not ▁equal ▁to ▁the ▁dem ands ▁of ▁the ▁script ", ▁and ▁compared ▁his ▁performance ▁unf av ou rab ly ▁to ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁L oth aire ▁Bl ute au ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁stage ▁play . ▁ ▁Rick ▁Gro en