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  • Starring: Christine Kain, David Rauchenberger, Michael Fuith, Ursula Strauss, Victor Tremmel
  • Summary: Michael, a seemingly meek insurance agent, has a secret: he's holding 10-year-old Wolfgang captive in a locked room in his basement. Chronicling a five month period, director Markus Schleinzer reveals a tense portrait of how seemingly mundane lives can hide the darkest secrets. Michael is a masterfully executed study of a monster with rich cinematic detail and unnerving insight. (Strand Releasing)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Feb 16, 2012
    90
    This coldly compelling film doesn't try to explain Michael's behavior or analyze his disease. As if doing penance for Michael's sins, it eventually metes out unequivocal punishment, but it is small consolation.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    May 12, 2012
    50
    A film that's hard to watch and hard to recommend.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Andrew Schenker
    Feb 14, 2012
    38
    A (relatively) tasteful and restrained approach to potentially lurid subject matter isn't necessarily any better than one that gives in freely to what might be seen as a filmmaker's baser impulses.

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