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90It is the kind of superbly crafted, intelligent entertainment - a classic suspense thriller - that nowadays is as welcome as it is rare.
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90Anyhow, either as history at its most inspiring or moviemaking at its most exciting, The Tunnel is a trip.
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80Director Roland Suso Richter gives a raw, frank but sophisticated account of the excruciating logistics of this great escape, and the appalling, inspiring blend of betrayal and courage that attended the group's herculean efforts.
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80A cracking slice of old-fashioned, widescreen entertainment.
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80Good old-fashioned movie storytelling that steadily builds, over the course of nearly three hours, to a white-knuckle conclusion that satisfies on nearly every level.
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75There are few moments when you're not totally absorbed by the film.
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75Though the film is as long as the escape route, Richter's brisk direction keeps us riveted through the suspenseful finish of his vivid history lesson.
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75So many twists and turns, it seems like fiction.
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70The Tunnel boasts the kind of plot that would seem ridiculously implausible if it weren't based on a true story.
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The film convincingly portrays the devastating, life-altering hardships and restrictions that the residents of the divided Berlin endured.
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67Well-cast and sporadically gripping.
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63Director Roland Suso Richter maintains tension for 2 1/2 hours, even though the resolution is almost surreal.
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60Genuinely gripping, balancing the travails of constructing the tunnel against the characters' stories with considerable skill.
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Director Roland Suso Richter skillfully wields the wall as a metaphor for isolation, but his pacing needs work: He cuts from an emotional death to a rowdy scene of sex on a kitchen table. Well, that's one way to mourn.
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