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Movie Overview
Cast
• Benno Furmann
• Nina Hoss
• Hilmi Sozer
Director
• Christian Petzold
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Jerichow (2009)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh
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3.5/5
"succeeds as a tight genre exercise in tone"  Filmcritic.com  Chris Cabin

B
"German auteur Christian Petzold's original take on a "Postman Always Rings Twice"-styled love triangle cultivates rich suspense from the degrees of his ethically variable characters."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

B
"A well-crafted and well-acted reworking of the classic noir film The Postman Always Rings Twice."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

B-
"Isn't startlingly new, but it's a nice twist on a familiar formula, and should satisfy anyone who wants to see the postman, as it were, ring yet again."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/5
"An exploration of the interactions between an entrepreneur, his attractive wife, and a stranger who share an obsession with money."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

B
"Is The Postman Always Rings Twice a novel rooted in steamy sex or in social conditions? Solicit an American's opinion and you're sure to hear that it's about the sex. The hot, violent sex."  Cinepinion  Henry Stewart

B
"Is The Postman Always Rings Twice a novel rooted in steamy sex or in social conditions? Solicit an American's opinion and you're sure to hear that it's about the sex. The hot, violent sex."  Cinepinion  Henry Stewart

" Petzoid takes the Cain themes of lust and duplicity and twists them into a reflection on modern Germany, where nationalism and loyalties and identity and economics are jumbled and thrown into confusion."  Film.com  Jonathan F. Richards

2/5
"Click for full review"  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

3/6
"This is an expertly constructed thriller that never rises above the trappings of its genre."  Time Out New York  Keith Uhlich

"By protracting his set-up, Petzold ... achieves and maintains an effective level of intrigue."  The Screengrab  Nick Schager

8/10
"A great modern neo-noir thriller with sparse, tight dialog and passion that boils right through to the final shocking ending."  Monsters and Critics  Ron Wilkinson
OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh
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