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By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 04 Sep 2008

This crisply made thriller begins as a harrowing tale of a young German woman stalked by her deranged ex-husband, but quickly turns into an…

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By Andrea V (164) on 17 Aug 2008

I wonder if the director/writer ever read Carlos Fuentes and his famous Pedro Paramo. Not recomended for action movie lovers…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Jul 2008

Strikes a perfect balance between corporate intrigue and metaphysical mystery; his 2007 drama is filled with suspense but ends in delicious ambiguity…

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By Sid Smith (61) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 30 Jul 2008

The German offering Yella begins with an utterly gripping first 15 minutes, follows with a passable drama and ends with a big disappointment…

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By Mark Rahner (88) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 10 Jul 2008

An import non-thriller so enigmatic and subtle that it's inert…

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By Bill White (195) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 10 Jul 2008

This German rip-off of Herk Harvey's 1962 Carnival of Souls replaces the junky eeriness of the original with a disassociated pretentiousness…

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By Graham S (91) on 15 Jun 2008

Paranoia, obsession, deceit, sex, death, and.... ergghhh... capitalism. Recipe for an excellent thriller that continues to haunt my dreams…

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By Nick L (531) on 10 Jun 2008

Great story about the ghosts of East Germany in the capitalist west…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 19 May 2008

The film feels far too schematic and, even allowing for its unrelentingly mercenary premise, far too cold to inspire much viewer identification…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 15 May 2008

Christian Petzold's disquieting German thriller feels modest while you're watching it, but makes a stronger-than-expected impact…

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By Phil Hall (302) for Film Threat (5,156) on 15 May 2008

Its scenes involving the perilous business negotiations offer more genuine intellectual excitement than any CGI-stuffed chase…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide (1,527) on 15 May 2008

German writer-director Christian Petzold transforms the classic American cult movie Carnival of Souls into a bleak drama about soul-sucking…

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By David Fear (910) for Time Out (7,510) on 13 May 2008

Though the film attests that the director can masterfully dredge up metaphysical dread, it also proves that he needs to learn to avoid easy ways out…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 26 Apr 2008

A suspenseful film carried off without the viewer knowing what the suspense is all about…

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By Private U (13,627) on 30 Mar 2008

Despite some very good performances a huge gap remains between film & audience; as viewer I felt very removed from the subject matter & characters…

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By Adrian H (103) on 12 Mar 2008

It certainly looks good on dual layer DVD and HDMI. Pity it's about as original as a Season 1 Twilight Zone episode…

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By David U (652) on 10 Feb 2008

Yella embodies every woman haunted from her past and social origin, who leaves the economically underdeveloped former East Germany for the…

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By George V (57) on 31 Jan 2008

Good acting but a bit slow and with disappointing scenario…

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By Diana G (72) on 17 Nov 2007

The best German movie of the last 15 years and the best movie about finance capitalism since Casino…

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By Ulrich P (1) on 01 Nov 2007

Suprenant dans le dÃ©veloppement et excellente direction d'acteur. La collaboration dramaturgique Petzold/Farocki fait toujours des Ã©tincelles…

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