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By Marshall Shaffer (93) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 06 Oct 2015

Imagine the kinetic immediacy of Emmanuel Lubezki combined with the claustrophobic intimacy of Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 04 Oct 2015

Spellbinding, suspenseful and emotionally devastating. It's one of the most powerful Holocaust films since Schindler's List…

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By Clayton Davis (240) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 04 Oct 2015

Nemes vacuums everything we think we know about filmmaking and the Holocaust, and gives it a raw, intense, and fresh outlook that we haven't…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 29 Sep 2015

Though not a film with a tight narrative structure, this look at the Holocaust from the point of view of one of its prisoners is likely to…

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By Alex Leadbeater (83) for What Culture (594) on 24 Sep 2015

The opening of Son Of Saul is one of the best moments in Holocaust cinema ever…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 15 Sep 2015

The technique continually impresses even as the moral perspective of the enterprise is ultimately squelched by all the aural-visual gimmickry…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 14 Sep 2015

A remarkable refashioning of the Holocaust drama that reignites the setting with extraordinary immediacy, Son of Saul is both terrifying to…

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By Jonathan Romney (434) for Screen International (2,241) on 14 Sep 2015

Using techniques of distanciation that sometimes make it an alienating, even confusing experience, László Nemes’s cogent, strikingly confident…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 14 Sep 2015

The film's effect is anti-emotional, and that's the point; it's about the insatiable process of humanity working to eradicate all traces of…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 14 Sep 2015

What elevates Son of Saul is that first-time feature filmmaker Laszlo Nemes has constructed a new way of grasping the insanity and senselessness…

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By Steve Pond (235) for TheWrap (3,203) on 14 Sep 2015

The tight focus on one character to the exclusion of everything else can be exhausting to the viewer, but it never comes across as just a gimmick;…

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By Jason S (2,514) on 10 Sep 2015

An unflinching, brilliant, difficult film to experience that should be required viewing lest we should be tempted to forget the unforgettable…

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By Eve C (211) on 10 Sep 2015

An unflinching, brilliant, difficult film to experience that should be required viewing lest we should be tempted to forget the unforgettable…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for CraveOnline (813) on 08 Sep 2015

There have been wonderful films about the suffering and tenacity of Holocaust victims, but to see how Saul manipulates the situation tactically…

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By Kent Turner (504) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 16 Aug 2015

Harsh and understated ... With an emphasis on psychological nuance rather than on shock and revulsion…

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By John Bleasdale (289) for CineVue (2,163) on 23 May 2015

Son of Saul is not simply a good film, it feels like an urgent and important one, a warning from history…

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By Gregory Ellwood (229) for Hitfix (861) on 23 May 2015

In terms of filmmaking prowess, remarkable may not do Laszlo Nemes' holocaust drama Son of Saul justice…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 23 May 2015

The result is as grim and unyielding a depiction of the Holocaust as has yet been made on that cinematically overworked subject — a masterful…

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By Boyd Van Hoeij (303) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 23 May 2015

Utterly uneasy to watch but strikingly and confidently assembled, the film is a powerful aural and visual experience that doesn’t quite manage…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 21 May 2015

It is the breathless dynamics of Son of Saul that really sets it apart…

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