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Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

  • Starring: Eszter Balla, Sándor Csányi
  • Summary: The massive labyrinthine netherworld that is the Budapest subway system, provides the stunning setting for Kontroll, a high-style, high-speed romantic thriller in which the lives of assorted outcasts, lovers and dreamers intersect and collide. (ThinkFilm)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 25
  2. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. If it weren't so smartly filmed and acted, this might add up to an over-the-top mess. But watch how inventively Mr. Antal keeps the action moving and you'll see why his picture has won a passel of prizes.
  2. 80
    Nimród Antal's terrific feature debut Kontroll takes some time to get up to speed--but once it's fully underway, it develops a heady momentum and a devastating impact.
  3. Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    60
    I'm not sure what Kontroll adds up to, but if you're looking for a rackety journey into the bowels of urban life, this is your movie.
  4. Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    Kontroll calls itself a thriller, and you will agree if you are excited by scenes of bored inspectors arguing with sullen straphangers.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Jaybee
    10
    [***SPOILERS***] This movie was great! I'm with Richard L. Was it his dark side pusing people off the platform? Did he really make it upon the platform at the end of the movie and see the bear girl. No one else seemed to notice her, maybe she was an angel and that's why he was finally able to go up to the outside. Expand

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