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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 19 Mar 2012

Holland does root around in some grubby, previously unexplored corners, but the film never quite breaks free from that conventional structure…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 19 Mar 2012

In lieu of presenting anything particularly insightful or compelling in its own right, In Darkness relies on the weight of history to make…

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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 19 Mar 2012

A claustrophobic film that is dark in almost every sense, but the result is moving…

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By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 18 Mar 2012

It's a long movie, but it compels you to experience something of what it was like to live for 14 months hungry, cold and knowing that at any…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 16 Mar 2012

[E]legantly presented, chock full of moments of dreadful suspense in a horrible milieu... and buoyed by strikingly naturalistic performances…

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By Alex Zane (472) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 16 Mar 2012

It makes for an incredibly turbulent watch where the horrors of the Nazis are put under the spotlight…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 16 Mar 2012

Based on a true story, In Darkness is obviously tough to watch, especially since Holland's camera is both unforgiving and relentlessly human…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 15 Mar 2012

There is release at the end of this fine film, but no euphoria; just a sense of having come through a period of evil, the memory of whose darkness…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 15 Mar 2012

Socha was a true-life Schindler of the sewers. It is a weakness of In Darkness, one of many, that Holland and American screenwriter David F…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 15 Mar 2012

A very robust piece of work without ever truly getting under your skin…

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By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 14 Mar 2012

Largely avoiding the dangers of an episodic narrative the picture grips throughout and isn't as claustrophobic as you might expect, with plenty…

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By Francesca Steele (73) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 14 Mar 2012

This is a significant film and a clever one - but not one you will want to watch twice…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 14 Mar 2012

Impressively directed and superbly written, this is a grimly harrowing, powerfully emotional drama with a terrific central performance from…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Time Out (7,510) on 13 Mar 2012

It positively clamours for your attention…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 12 Mar 2012

The story of Socha's Jews is a convincing one, finding a multifaceted cinematic representation from Holland, who's made one of the best films…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 12 Mar 2012

Even for diehard Holocaust fans the turf is getting to be a bit worn…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 10 Mar 2012

The lengthy sequences in the dark sewers certainly convey the monotonousness of the survivors' ordeal, but they come at the expense of narrative…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 09 Mar 2012

The film is a morally challenging examination of the vexed Polish Catholic-Jewish relations of the era and a rich portrait of a man moving…

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By John Hartl (735) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 08 Mar 2012

Based on the true story of Leopold Socha, a Catholic Polish sewer worker who hid a group of Jews over a period of 14 months in the underground…

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By Patrick Z. Mcgavin (37) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 08 Mar 2012

Working with the superb cinematographer Jolanta Dylewska, Holland draws on the restricted light and vertiginous space to achieve immersive,…

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