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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 07 Feb 2018

The more you know his work, the more you'll enjoy this one, because the more you'll get the inside jokes…

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By Jay Stone (286) for Ex-Press.com (333) on 06 Feb 2018

There are many ways to talk about the louche comforts of the ruling classes, but at 75, Haneke appears to have exhausted the ones that interested him…

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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for Daily Film Fix (355) on 02 Feb 2018

To expose hidden truths, Haneke's camera intimately informs the viewer as to character motivations…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 01 Feb 2018

This sleek study in upper-crust dread covers a lot of themes close to that semifrozen organ Michael Haneke calls his heart…

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By Zapv (13) on 31 Jan 2018

Michael Haneke once again gives us his bleak examination of modern Europe, this time through the lense of a wealthy and troubled family…

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By Diane Carson (151) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 26 Jan 2018

As events accumulate and tension builds, the impact is powerful, so much so that these self-absorbed, myopic individuals quite literally gave…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denerstein Unleashed (254) on 25 Jan 2018

Unlike some of Haneke's work, Happy End can't entirely escape dullness, even as its defiant characters work their cruel ways…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 25 Jan 2018

Haneke again looks uncompromisingly on the dark reality of how human beings live, and how their inhumane tendencies will be passed on to their…

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By Christopher Llewellyn Reed (298) for Hammer to Nail (208) on 23 Jan 2018

As a portrait of an eccentric, wealthy clan that struggles to remain on top as their world crumbles, Happy End is another strong entry in the…

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By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 20 Jan 2018

Haneke's family films offer zero warmth, little compassion and suicidal characters who've had it with phoniness and insincerity…

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By Michael Atkinson (678) for The Progressive (5) on 18 Jan 2018

You have to assemble this portrait on your own; Haneke's style is cool and elliptical, and he conscientiously leaves out a lot of connective…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 18 Jan 2018

The narrative is so diffuse that putting together the pieces is beside the point…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for Pacific Sun (San Rafael, CA) (20) on 18 Jan 2018

The Michael Haneke film Happy End, made up of an all-star cast, is a chilly story of the decadence of a French family…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 11 Jan 2018

If you think the title is anything but a grim joke, you don't know Haneke…

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By Calum Marsh (242) for National Post (1,405) on 11 Jan 2018

It reminds one that Haneke is nowhere near as grim or solemn as his reputation sometimes suggests, and that his art is infinitely more mischievous,…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original Cin (1,156) on 11 Jan 2018

There is something theatrically contrived about placing the extended Laurent family all under one roof, a set-up you rarely see outside of…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 11 Jan 2018

Haneke's work here, as always, is unfailingly morose, haunting and impossible to resist…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 11 Jan 2018

Happy End finds Haneke back in far more familiar terrain, operating in a wickedly disapproving vein…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 10 Jan 2018

Haneke veterans Huppert and Trintignant handle their roles with skill. The filmmaker filigrees his point of view into every crack and crevice…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for New Yorker (1,403) on 08 Jan 2018

It is worth seeing Happy End for the long scene between him (Trintignant) and the remarkable Fantine Harduin — between the pitiless patriarch…

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