The White Ribbon currently has an average rating of 8.3 out of 10 and has been rated by 63 users on our platform.
This is a profoundly disquieting movie, superbly acted and directed. Its sinister riddle glitters more fiercely each time I watch it.
Read full review at The GuardianFor once, Haneke doesn’t force the issues he raises, and his poetic, haunting essay is all the better for it.
Read full review at EmpireThe film is visually masterful. It's in black and white, of course. Color would be fatal to its power.
Read full review at Roger Ebert...essentially an inquiry into the roots of a certain kind of evil, the sort committed en masse when old ways of thinking start to fall into hypocrisy and irrelevance, and crueler forms start to take their place.
Read full review at The A.V. ClubTime will tell if this is Michael Haneke’s masterpiece, but it’s certainly one of the year’s best.
Read full review at Little White LiesFascinating arthouse-whodunit. Like in 'Gosford Park', the mystery gives way to social commentary. It's not really about the culprit(s); rather, the heinous acts themselves and understanding the environment they take place in are th...
A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in 'The White Ribbon'.
Read full review at The Austin ChronicleMichael Haneke løfter med Det hvide bånd sine dystre studier af den menneskelige psyke ud af de tidligere mindre films overskuelige rammer og har begået sit mest komplette værk til dato.
Read full review at Cinemazone...egenartat vackert, stillsamt tänkvärt och imponerande spelat räcker en lång väg.
Read full review at Moviezine...gripande och drabbande. Man sugs in i en värld där människor trycks ner av överheten, i synnerhet den militant fromma protestantiska kyrkan.
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