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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Jun 2007

Contains the violence, nudity and sex we expect from a movie by Paul Verhoeven, but moves with the narrative drive and surprise of a war film…

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By Lori Hoffman (553) for Atlantic City Weekly (553) on 30 May 2007

Even Verhoven's art house movies are a balancing act between vivid storytelling and exploitation…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 24 May 2007

wildly entertaining and borderline incoherent, like Hogan's Heroes re-imagined by Joe Eszterhas, the movie whips along oblivious to hairpin…

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By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 21 May 2007

Initially Black Book reminded me of the wonderfully engrossing war movies that have been coming out of Germany and Holland lately…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (604) on 17 May 2007

a film about survival and fighting back... one of the most engrossing and riveting films released this year…

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By Larry Ratliff (323) for San Antonio Express-News (323) on 14 May 2007

Black Book will drive home the struggles of world war underground resistance. But as my colleague said, you will snicker a little…

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By Ted Murphy (205) for Murphy's Movie Reviews (147) on 06 May 2007

For a film that runs over two and one-half hours, the time flies thanks in no small part to the effortless lead performance of van Houten and…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 03 May 2007

Verhoeven never loses sight of the larger message -- that in those evil times, ordinary people were forced to do extraordinary, and even awful,…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 03 May 2007

Black Book rides the line between high drama and cheap exploitation - which, for Verhoeven, is a marked improvement…

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By John Thomason (91) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 02 May 2007

Verhoeven has pulled off a feat many auteurs seek but few accomplish: He's made a film that is both utterly accessible and wholly personal,…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 02 May 2007

Black Book takes a brave, if odd, approach to a WWII historical drama, but one thing is certain: No one in the theater will be bored…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 01 May 2007

Open up Black Book if you like your World War II dramas saucy, crass, sexually explicit and heedlessly entertaining…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 01 May 2007

A return to magnificently cynical form for director Paul Verhoeven…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for Charlotte Weekly (185) on 30 Apr 2007

Given his modest talents as a filmmaker, the first half of Book might represent the best Verhoeven can do…

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By Diana Saenger (322) for ReviewExpress.com (294) on 27 Apr 2007

The way Paul Verhoeven creates a dance between friend and foe offers moments of danger, romance, insight, and edge-of-of-your-seat drama…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (910) on 26 Apr 2007

Insanely entertaining -- and often just plain insane -- World War II melodrama…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 26 Apr 2007

A fast-paced war thriller distinguished by its own ambiguous morality…

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By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 26 Apr 2007

Despite the picture's subtitles and its imposing 145-minute running time, Black Book maintains a breakneck pace, pausing only long enough to…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 26 Apr 2007

Judged in dramatic terms, situational ethics drive the film, never slackening the pace nor making the nearly 2 1/2-hour running time seem overlong…

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By Boo Allen (301) for Denton Record-Chronicle (383) on 26 Apr 2007

Verhoeven may indulge his lurid tendencies, but he has delivered a film that stays tense and suspenseful for its lengthy running time…

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