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Movie Overview
Cast
• Nina Hoss
• Devid Striesow
• Hinnerk Schönemann
Director
• Christian Petzold
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Theatrical Release
2008 (Limited)
Yella (2008)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh
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"Yella uses Byzantine business deals, corporate shenanigans and sink-or-swim stakes to dramatise the internal negotiation of a character's (and a divided nation's) dreams and anxieties."  musicOMH.com  Anton Bitel

"Yella comes off as too intellectual an exercise to be thoughtful or serious entertainment."  european-films.net  Boyd van Hoeij

3/4
"German writer-director Christian Petzold transforms the classic American cult movie Carnival of Souls into a bleak drama about soul-sucking alienation in the reunited Germany."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

6/10
"A suspenseful film carried off without the viewer knowing what the suspense is all about. ... The mystery happening in the margins of this story is more interesting than the mainline plot."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

1.5/4
"Far less concerned with character development than with bludgeoning clues to the drama's true nature."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

3/5
"Its scenes involving the perilous business negotiations offer more genuine intellectual excitement than any CGI-stuffed chase."  Film Threat  Phil Hall

3.5/5
"Tricky and insinuating, this German drama has the subtle subtext of a thriller as it follows a woman caught at a crossroads in her life. It's a little aloof and dry, but very well made."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh
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