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By Tim Evans (725) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 26 Jun 2012

This may be a familiar tale - rough-around-the edges dissenter against a barbaric system - but it's well told and the icy wastes of the island…

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By Tom Huddleston (600) for Time Out (7,510) on 25 Jun 2012

Rather one-note in its bleakness, and doesn't have a vast amount to say beyond 'reform school sucks…

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By Raimund B (2) on 19 Jun 2012

Loved it despite all the sub titles if it was in English it would be a great blockbuster…

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By Neil Smith (699) for Total Film (3,532) on 19 Jun 2012

It's pleasing to see something from the Nordic countries that doesn't involve police procedure and chunky jumpers…

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By Randy T (648) on 14 Jun 2012

This movie is awesome! It really does take you to the time all this happen, the actor do deliver a great job…

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By Uwe M (15) on 13 Jun 2012

Based on a true story of a reformatory in Norway. Horrid conditions…

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By Jason K (1,459) on 09 Jun 2012

Quite a good movie which gets your ire up in the conventional way. But when it comes time for the revolt, you're good and ready for it…

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By Eric M (1,401) on 09 Jun 2012

Quite a good movie which gets your ire up in the conventional way. But when it comes time for the revolt, you're good and ready for it…

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By Jesse O (1,397) on 07 Jun 2012

Excellent film about an event, that before this movie, I had no idea had even happened…

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By Jacqui D (18) on 04 Jun 2012

Very moving. An insight into what happens when punishment is decided by where you sit in the hierarchy rather than the deed you have committed…

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By Justin F (323) on 04 Jun 2012

Kind of a mix of if..., lord or the flies, and the white ribbon…

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By Eric W (543) on 26 May 2012

Very difficult to watch. But one of the best films I have seen. See it. But make sure you are feeling strong…

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By Paul N (1,195) on 22 May 2012

Stark juvie memoir evokes atrocious oppression with admirable restraint, layered characterisation and strong humanity…

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By Adrian E (139) on 19 May 2012

A very powerful, gruelling, bleak movie taste on a true story. Powerful performances by cast of boys…

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By Julie S (356) on 12 May 2012

The King of Devil's Island'. A sobering tale on the abuse of power and the small rebellions that can lead to outright chaos…

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By Blake Howard (505) for 2UE That Movie Show (314) on 06 May 2012

King of Devil's Island is poetic story of friendship and adolescence in the bleak, cold and brutal 1915 Bastoy…

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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 05 May 2012

The true events on which the film are based are wonderfully stranger than fiction, and by the end of the film I was deeply moved and thrilled…

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By Maureen D (21) on 02 May 2012

This film demonstrates how social morality evolves: a hundred years ago, the brutal treatment shown in this film was morally acceptable…

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By Matthew Pejkovic (770) for Matt's Movie Reviews (913) on 02 May 2012

The majority of the films running time is spent with these boys…

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By Thomas Caldwell (278) for Cinema Autopsy (278) on 01 May 2012

A compelling story of defiance after hypocrisy transforms discipline and order into oppression and brutality…

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