Jerichow
Cinema Guild | Release Date: May 15, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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83
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The movie ends abruptly, setting up an epilogue that viewers will have to provide for themselves. Jerichow's sparseness, tiny cast, and minimal plot can make the film seem a little elusive, but there’s a certain elegance to Petzold's concision, too. He shows all he wants us to see. Read full review
80
VarietyDerek Elley
A tightly constructed "dramatic thriller" in which the tension comes as much from what the characters are thinking as from what they end up doing, Jerichow again confirms writer-helmer Christian Petzold ("Yella," "The State I Am In") as a world-class talent who remains underappreciated beyond Germany. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Jerichow forgoes the prolonged double-crosses of "The Postman Always Rings Twice," its simpler ending made all the more powerful--and a little heartbreaking. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The final twist is completely unexpected. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Petzold, who also wrote the script, doesn't make level one thrillers, and his characters may be smarter than us, or dumber. It's never just about the plot, anyway. It has to do with random accidents, dangerous coincidences, miscalculations, simple mistakes. And the motives are never simple. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
This is a movie made by and for adults, and adults should consider seeing it. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
A taut, German-made thriller, Jerichow adds a bit of European xenophobia to the pulp traditions of passion and betrayal. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
It's a well-constructed and thoughtfully paced drama and almost a thriller, but in the end credibility and tension get lost in the mail. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Petzold, who has a crisp style and sharp sense of the visual, is too talented and imaginative to allow his film to become predictable. Rather, Jerichow offers implicit, sardonic social comment as well as a compelling playing out of the eternal triangle. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
No one in Jerichow is entirely deserving of sympathy, which gives the film a detached, clinical feeling underlined by the director’s habit of observing emotions rather than evoking them. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Told in lean, tense cinematic gestures, Jerichow also captures a social portrait of newly multicultural Germany, at least as it extends into the country's forgotten rural interior. Read full review
70
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
So compact and controlled is this fine film. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
As ridiculous German suspense dramas go, you could do worse than Jerichow. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Undeniably well executed. Read full review
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