Press
Film 2012 - Danny Leigh
"It’s chilling. It's Note perfect. It's actually one of the best films that I've seen this year."
"It's the kind of film that I defy anyone to see this film and people should go and see this film. And
I defy them not to get psychically caught up in it. It's the sort of movie that leaves you chromed up.
You feel it in your gut."
"A really welcome comeback"
"There’s something timeless about this film. It’s an absolute joy"
Film 2012 - Claudia Winkleman
"Flawless"
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The Guardian. Peter Bradshaw - 4 stars
"Mads Mikkelsen is outstanding"
"hints of Peckinpah's Straw Dogs and Von Trier's Dogville"
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The Telegraph. Robbie Collin – 5 stars
"This is cinema that sinks its claws into your back."
"teases out emotions before smashing them headlong into one another"
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The Evening Standard. Derek Malcolm. 4 stars
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The Independent. Francesca Steele. 4 stars
"Mads Mikkelsen gives a standout performance"
"a splendid return to form for director Thomas Vinterberg"
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Little White Lies. Philip Brown.
"a feature with the same unpredictable emotional intensity as Festen"
"a powerful movie"
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Screen Daily. Fionnuala Halligan
"hits home - and hits hard"
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What Culture. Shaun Munro. 4 1/2 stars
"Vinterberg’s latest effort is a remarkable thriller, bursting with intelligence, and actually having
something important to say."
"Vinterberg’s acidic, important and brilliantly infuriating thriller reaches the heights of his best work"
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The Hollywood Reporter. David Rooney
"riveting"
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Empire. Damon Wise
"Mad Mikkelsen in perhaps a career-defining role"
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The Hollywood News. Matt Dennis. 5 stars
"a harrowing masterpiece"
"a tremendous and brave piece of filmmaking"
"harrowing and brutal, thought provoking and tear inducing"
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Hope Lies. Adam Batty.
"a hugely satisfying piece of cinema"
"Vinterberg has created one of the great pieces of cinema that examine and portray social paranoia,
pack mentality and the nature in which community deals with the scent of wrongdoing".
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Collider. Phil Brown. Rated A
"an amazing experience"
"it's hard to imagine that there will be a more deeply affecting film released this year."
"Mikkelsen deserves all of the attention he’ll inevitably receive"
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DIY. Christa Ktorides. 8/10
"If there is any justice come Oscar time, the sublime Mikkelsen would see his name amongst the
nominees."
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Filmoria. Chris Haydon. 41/2 stars
"riveting, deeply engrossing cinema."
"simply fascinating"
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Indie Wire. Eric Kohn. Grade B
"a devastating portrait of society's tenuous structure under the pressures of fear."
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Picturehouse Review Take One. Edward Frost
"Vinterberg has created a masterful film full of emotional nuance and heartbreaking tension"
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Film School Rejects. Simon Gallagher. A+
"a hugely affecting film, inspiring the full gambit of emotions from humor through to fist-clenching
rage"
"a chilling, and engrossing crescendo of horror"
"Mads Mikkelson gives a phenomenally strong performance"
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The London Word. Sophie Monks Kaufman
"a pitch-perfect performance"
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indieLondon
"an extraordinary film"
"a film that excels in just about every department"
"undoubtedly one of the best films of the year"
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Midnight Review. 6 stars
"one of the most amazing and disturbing films I have seen this year."
"It is complete. It is ultimate. It is perfect."
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Front Row Reviews. Michael Pattison. 4 stars
"Lucas is a Hitchcockian Wrong Man"
"Mikkelsen and Wedderkopp are particularly outstanding."
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I Heart the Talkies.
"perfectly pitched and finely executed. A moving and thought-provoking film."
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Cine-vue 4 stars
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Eat Sleep Live Film . David Hall. 3 1/2 stars
"Mikklesen really is sensational"
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Hit Fix. Drew McWeeny.
"an impressive return to form for a strong voice in world cinema."
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