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Movie Overview
Cast
• Ursula Strauss
• Irina Potapenko
• Johannes Krisch
Director
• Götz Spielmann
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Revanche (2009)

REVIEWS
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INTERVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 89% Fresh
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2.5/4
"Revanche is almost fatally reluctant to get its hands dirty, its milieu shifting on a violent twist from a grimy Vienna brothel to the rural exurbs for buckets of guilt, angst, and frequently clumsy metaphors."  Slant Magazine  Bill Weber

"A meandering first half gives way to a spectacular psychological portrait of the deafening silence of pain and loneliness in Austrian writer-director Götz Spielmann's Revanche."  european-films.net  Boyd van Hoeij

4/5
"An existential parry to Todd Field's magnificent In the Bedroom"  Filmcritic.com  Chris Cabin

B+
"Unsettling and at the same time genuinely moving, it's a superb psychological thriller...remarkable for its meticulous creation of mood."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/5
"Instead of a bloody political thriller, something quiet, complex and unexpected emerges: a moral tragi-tale sans heroes and villains."  The L Magazine  Henry Stewart

3.5/5
"click to read the full review"  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

B+
"In Austria's submission for the 2009 Foreign Language Picture Oscar, writer/director Götz Spielmann works a tricky little bit of business"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

B+
"There is nothing predictable or pat, something many America films are guilty of, and this is the charm."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

7/10
"The quiet cinematography by Martin Gschlacht underscores the film's emphasis on characters rather than action while placing the characters in very specific contexts..."  Playback:stl  Sarah Boslaugh
OFCS Rating: 89% Fresh
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