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By Paul B (2,474) on 16 May 2011

Voici l'homme, retranche dans son instinct le plus animal. Une belle epreuve, pour l homme a l ecran comme pour le spectateur…

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By Karthik R (6) on 08 May 2011

An amazing piece that leaves you with your jaws opened at one point…

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By Larry L (207) on 04 May 2011

I don't know quite what to make of this film…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 01 May 2011

Under the guise of current events, Skolimowski artfully conjures an elemental archetype of human life itself. In English, Polish, and Arabic…

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By Charles P (1,784) on 28 Apr 2011

I will never look at breastfeeding quite the same after this…

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By Topi T (11) on 25 Apr 2011

Vincent Gallo on ehkÃ¤ maailman vittumaisin ihminen, mut yks parhampia nÃ¤yttelijÃ¶itÃ¤!! Jeah mikÃ¤ leffa :D…

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By Ninjaw P (92) on 24 Apr 2011

Film d'action sans flingues ni explosions.. Images Ã couper le souffle, ambiance polaire, interprÃ (C)tation brutale - Un petit bijou…

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By Dan Fainaru (31) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 Apr 2011

Whatever narrative shortcomings the picture might have, as a parable of these days it is certainly serviceable, though a bit too ambivalent…

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By Amandine B (6) on 16 Apr 2011

Vincent Gallo gives quite possibly his best acting performance to date in this very serious and minimalist Arthouse action film…

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By James M (2,946) on 16 Apr 2011

Vincent Gallo gives quite possibly his best acting performance to date in this very serious and minimalist Arthouse action film…

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By Lee B (1,154) on 16 Apr 2011

Vincent Gallo gives quite possibly his best acting performance to date in this very serious and minimalist Arthouse action film…

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By Marvin M (56) on 14 Apr 2011

Independent film released last year. I've not even finished watching it yet, but it sure is a gem…

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By Paolo R (90) on 10 Apr 2011

Isolates a contemporary concern - the conflict in Afghanistan - then keeps pulling further and further away from the specifics until the audience…

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By Claire A (165) on 08 Apr 2011

This film leaves you with a powerful punch. It is nicely quiet and held back. Gallo is also a total buck…

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By Tony Rayns (36) for Sight and Sound (827) on 04 Apr 2011

Essential Killing would be much less powerful if it didn't show the jihadi's physical sufferings with such visceral immediacy, and if the realism…

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By Andrew S (3,174) on 03 Apr 2011

Couldn't help wondering if all the critics' enthusiasm is an Emperor's-new-clothes kind of a situation, where no one wants to appear anti-intellectual…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for News of the World (402) on 02 Apr 2011

The film's nowhere near as clever as it thinks it is…

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By Stacey M (149) on 02 Apr 2011

Refreshingly pared down approach to the political thriller which ultimately leaves the audiences feeling as alienated as the protagonist…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 01 Apr 2011

The minimalism feels a bit affected, but as a near-abstract rumination on war and survival, it has a certain stark potency…

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By David Edwards (979) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 31 Mar 2011

An abstract chase movie inspired by the war on terror, it starts well but fades into irrelevance…

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