The Golden Glove

Name: The Golden Glove
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Released: September 27, 2019
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 38
Cast: Adam Bousdoukos, Greta Sophie Schmidt, Hark Bohm, Heinz Strunk, Jonas Dassler

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: September 27, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Adam Bousdoukos, Greta Sophie Schmidt, Hark Bohm, Heinz Strunk, Jonas Dassler, Katja Studt, Laurens Walter, Marc Hosemann, Margarete Tiesel, Martina Eitner-Acheampong, Philipp Baltus, Tristan Göbel, Uwe Rohde, Victoria Trauttmansdorff

Summary: Based on the novel of the same name, The Golden Glove follows notorious German serial killer Fritz Honkaa as he frequents his favorite bar, the Golden Glove, where schmaltzy German songs move the boozy bar hounds to tears and drinking is a reflex against pain and longing. There, Honka, a pitiful loser chasing after lonely women, keeps moreBased on the novel of the same name, The Golden Glove follows notorious German serial killer Fritz Honkaa as he frequents his favorite bar, the Golden Glove, where schmaltzy German songs move the boozy bar hounds to tears and drinking is a reflex against pain and longing. There, Honka, a pitiful loser chasing after lonely women, keeps more than just secrets in the attic.… Expand

Director: Fatih Akin

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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Dan Caffrey

Oct 3, 2019

The Golden Glove definitely isn’t for everyone, and even when divorced from its more transgressive scenes, it’s not exactly a pleasant viewing experience. But for those not repulsed to the point of leaving the theater, there’s a lonely, human heart at its center. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Oct 3, 2019

Dassler’s personification of the real-life infamous and misogynistic character — his walk, his speech patterns — consistently startles. Read full review

Katie Rife

Sep 23, 2019

Whatever pleasure there is to be found in watching a film like The Golden Glove is in the intellectualizing, and the film does prompt a series of provocative questions about the implicit contract between artist and audience. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Feb 14, 2019

Perhaps the question is not whether the film needed to be so relentlessly grim, but rather whether it needed to be made at all. Read full review

Michael Nordine

Sep 26, 2019

The whole affair feels, quite simply, icky in a way that superior projects like “Zodiac” and “Memories of Murder” never do; to his movie’s detriment, Akin seems more interested in merely depicting what happened than taking a stab at why. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Sep 26, 2019

Akin may deserve credit for not flinching from the grotesque; other serial-killer-adjacent entertainments, like “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Zodiac” or “Mindhunter,” tend to concentrate on the cerebral mechanics of crime solving. But sordid details, undermined by snickers, aren’t in themselves illuminating. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Feb 14, 2019

For better or worse, Akin’s eye remains a remarkable thing, as he arranges even the most emptily nihilistic parts of The Golden Glove with the gravitas of arresting visual geometry, and casts every role to sick perfection. It’s just his vision that seems to be the problem. Read full review

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patras

Oct 26, 2019

Anyone who compares this to Zodiac should stop writing about movies, like seriously this is totally different kind of movie, accenting social hell of 1970s NDR and the characters who try to (in case of Fritz very violently) navigate through life without even glimpse of something better inAnyone who compares this to Zodiac should stop writing about movies, like seriously this is totally different kind of movie, accenting social hell of 1970s NDR and the characters who try to (in case of Fritz very violently) navigate through life without even glimpse of something better in the future. American critics should just learn a thing or two about history of Europe or simply just don't watch this.… Expand

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Jenia

Nov 17, 2019

the main actor puts on a good show, and really makes you feel uneasy.
the movie itself, it's just uncomfortable to watch.. especially the sad bar that inhabits all of those social rejects and alcoholics.
the story is also very easy to anticipate, and to me, it's un-origianl and is very muchthe main actor puts on a good show, and really makes you feel uneasy.
the movie itself, it's just uncomfortable to watch.. especially the sad bar that inhabits all of those social rejects and alcoholics.
the story is also very easy to anticipate, and to me, it's un-origianl and is very much like any other ted bundy-esque films, where you always kind of know what is going to happen.

wouldn't recommend watching.… Expand

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Pand4th

Mar 13, 2021

Tldr: # - # - # - # Avoid this movie. Wasted time, worst movie I've ever seen - not so bad it's fun - just plain bad. And disgusting and disturbing - felt like puking a couple of times. Still haunted by gruesome depictions and scenes from this movie. I wish I could unsee it. # - # - # - #Tldr: # - # - # - # Avoid this movie. Wasted time, worst movie I've ever seen - not so bad it's fun - just plain bad. And disgusting and disturbing - felt like puking a couple of times. Still haunted by gruesome depictions and scenes from this movie. I wish I could unsee it. # - # - # - # I'm a rather content, I've watched the film in its entirety, and i absolutely regret it. The hauntingly disgusting sex-scenes and gore still haunt me on a regular basis, even months after watching it... in the worst possible way. The movie feels like an anti hollywood movie - the way the movie is shot, the scenes, plots and characters and their respective arcs are handled in a very deviant way. But this movie goes to show, that different definetely doesn't equal good. Far from it.

I'd rate this movie 0 out of 10 - but I have to give credit to the actor playing the main role - he really nailed the disgusting character that the directors wanted him to play that well, that the thought of him still gives me nightmares.

In case any of the movie directors reads this:
If the best thing one can say about your movie is that it had an ending, then it is a sh!#ty movie.… Expand

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