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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 06 Jun 2014

That it never adds up to anything is a liability - it plays like 'Dogtooth' without the drive - and the secret to its unique success…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 05 Jun 2014

Borgman can sometimes frustrate but it is an accomplished piece of work, driven by a uniquely malevolent tonal balance and two fantastic central…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 04 Jun 2014

That Borgman restrains itself from turning into a full-scale horror movie makes it all the more unsettling, although it has its bumpy moments…

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By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 04 Jun 2014

A home invasion movie that is more Godard than grindhouse, and a brilliant one at that…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 04 Jun 2014

It's a disturbing feature, flirting with incomprehensibility at times, but its way with mounting unpleasantness is frequently masterful, tilted…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 03 Jun 2014

Borgman is a movie about the way that families fall apart without ever realizing it until the whole house collapses…

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By Ryan Lattanzio (73) for Thompson on Hollywood (89) on 03 Jun 2014

A nasty, insane, mind-melting and unpredictable piece of work…

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By Jeff Meyers (379) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 03 Jun 2014

It's the kind of movie where no one behaves like a real person ought to and a lot of the plot doesn't make sense but you can't help but be…

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By Sasha Stone (21) for TheWrap (3,203) on 02 Jun 2014

In an era where there are very few truly surprising films, Borgman is one of the rare movies that manages to find something entirely new to…

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By Clayton Dillard (209) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 01 Jun 2014

An art-house con destined to make viewers who've ever used the term mindfuck as praise rack their brains trying to come up with alternate readings…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 01 Jun 2014

Borgman is a suburban fever dream along the lines of a much more horrifying Quentin Dupieux film, permitting audiences to determine where they…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Screen International (2,241) on 01 Jun 2014

Borgman remains an elegantly teasing puzzle even as you begin to suspect there could be slightly less here than meets the eye…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 10 Feb 2014

Writer-director Alex van Warmerdam (who also plays one of Borgman's associates) drops vague hints of a supernatural, or even biblical, origin…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 26 Nov 2013

A film that James Whale would have made given the chance…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 19 Sep 2013

astonishingly infuriating for much of its absurdly overlong running time…

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By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 13 Jun 2013

How do you solve a problem like Borgman…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for Film.com (1,892) on 27 May 2013

Borgman‘s crafty, trickster-ish screenplay, always two steps ahead of you, keeps you rooting for clues, enough to put your ethics on temporary hold…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 22 May 2013

A sly, insidious and intermittently hilarious domestic thriller…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 19 May 2013

With pitch-perfect performances across the board, and boasting crisp photography and editing, the film never ceases to twist, turn and surprise,…

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By Catherine Shoard (160) for Guardian (4,584) on 18 May 2013

There's the frustrating sense of ideas bubbling too low beneath the surface, of mordant jokes serving as an end rather than a means…

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