Requiem
IFC First Take | Release Date: October 20, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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100
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Requiem, the new film from German director Hans-Christian Schmid, is absolutely astonishing. See it if you possibly can. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Requiem is drawn from an incident that was also the basis for last year's demon-seed hit, "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." Read full review
90
VarietyEddie Cockrell
Stunningly played story of faith vs. family. Read full review
88
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Bogumil Godfrejow's raw cinematography and Huller's poignant, close-to-the-bone performance transform what might have been a morbid curiosity into an entirely enthralling, quietly terrifying experience. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
An exorcism movie for the rest of us, the gripping German drama Requiem contains not a single special effect. It doesn't need one. It has terrific actors fully invested in a casual-seeming, docudramatic brand of storytelling, notably Sandra Hueller. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJim Ridley
Sandra Hüller, a young German stage actress making a harrowing feature debut, invests Michaela's terrified, possibly schizophrenic outbursts with unholy conviction. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
While "Exorcism" focused on a murder-trial battle between the priest and a prosecutor, Schmid's film beautifully details the behavior, events and socio-religious pressures that lead to the decision to perform such an extreme ritual. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Requiem is a moving study of a tortured young woman more at peace with medieval ritual than with modern medicine. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
In its subtlety, complexity and dexterity, Requiem is a notably original work. Read full review
80
EmpireHelen O'Hara
A tragic tale of teen rebellion and misplaced faith, this is a sober and sobering account of a young girl's untimely end, made enthralling by great performances and restrained direction. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Though its heroine's mysterious seizures and blackouts are terrifying in the way they undermine her quest for self-determination, Requiem isn't a horror movie so much as a thwarted coming-of-age story, like "Carrie" without the bloody reckoning. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Anybody who's ever seen a movie about exorcism knows that, in cases like this, the first thing to do is call 1-800-PRIEST, which the family does. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderMartin Rubin
The nonsensationalistic results are also somewhat ho-hum--and oddly less convincing than Friedkin's lurid mess, let alone the elegant satanism sagas of Tourneur and Polanski. Read full review
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