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84 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Summary: At once a gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, Revanche is the stunning, Oscar–nominated, international breakthrough film from Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex works as an assistant in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara. Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop and his seemingly content wife. With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side. (Janus Film)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    An extraordinary film, mythic in feeling.
  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Stephen Cole
    100
    A little bit of "Crime and Punishment" and a whole lot of "The Postman Always Rings Twice," Revanche, the Austrian candidate for last year's Best Foreign Language Film, is a surprisingly unruffled tale of love, thievery, murder and revenge.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Maggie Lee
    50
    Hard luck conspires with bad sex in this unspectacular Austrian tale of crime and punishment.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. SusanW
    10
    Brilliant, full of surprises on so many levels not just the overrated twist found in so many movies today.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. TimH
    8
    Effective and poignant tale about regret.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. MikeQ
    4
    A two hour movie with one hour of material. Heavy handed, utterly predictable plotting (except for one effective twist that drew laughter). Very good acting.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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