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Movie Overview
Cast
Christian Friedel
Leonie Benesch
Ulrich Tukur
Director
Michael Haneke
MPAA Rating
R - for some disturbing content involving violence and sexuality.
Theatrical Release
Dec 30, 2009 (Limited)
The White Ribbon (2009)
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OFCS Rating: 89% Fresh
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4/5
"The slippery nature of the morality on show coupled with the shifting sands of the narrative makes this an uneasy watch - yet it is also a beautiful and masterfully constructed film."
Eye for Film
Amber Wilkinson
3.5/5
"As an anatomisation of the insular envy, malice and brutality that would lead to the rise of Nazism,
The White Ribbon
is clinically precise - but also just a little dull."
Channel 4 Film
Anton Bitel
A
"An utterly nerve-wracking, edge-of-my-seat experience - certain scenes that consisted of little more than, say, a measured conversation between father and son are, in context, unbelievably suspenseful."
Cinematical
Eugene Novikov
3/4
"Something of a distant Teutonic cousin to Henri-Georges Clouzot's caustic
Le Corbeau
,
White Ribbon
amply displays Haneke's filmmaking mastery."
Slant Magazine
Fernando F. Croce
5/5
" A dark and foreboding film about the seeds of anger, violence, and hatred in the home that can lead to war and the rise of fascism."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
"And that little boy grew up to be%u2026Hermann Goering?"
The L Magazine
Henry Stewart
3.5/5
"full review on Movies for the Masses"
Movies for the Masses
Joseph Proimakis
C+
"Another of the
Funny Games
auteur's unpersuasively rigid portraits of man's venality."
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
4/5
"Strikingly well-made, with a riveting series of events and a growing sense of depth that makes it disturbingly relevant on several levels."
Shadows on the Wall
Rich Cline
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OFCS Rating: 89% Fresh
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