Cache (Hidden) Reviews and Ratings


  • kpac
    October 25, 2009
    kpac
    A good film with a unique european style to it. I enjoyed this.
  • rwcandeer
    October 24, 2009
    rwcandeer
    I was waiting for last awesome twist to happen but in never came. If I've invested time in a film like this one that's not okey.

    I wanted the (or at least more of them) answered!

    And why didn't they just put up a camera and film the guy filming.

    UPDATE: a few blog posts saves ...( read more)the film by explaining some clever allegories concerning colonialism etc.
  • dipa89
    October 17, 2009
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  • rojastortu
    October 1, 2009
    rojastortu
    I can't see why some people say it takes a lot of time unfolding, I see it as a thriller from the very first minute.
    It is great, I kept hanging on the edge of my seat the whole movie always expecting what could happen on the next scene. It has so many themes to discuss like Fre...( read more)nch-Algerian relationships, family, and I've read the story trespasses the "fourth wall" and the moviemaker becomes a character itself. One of the best thrillers of this decade for sure.
  • ahhh1989
    September 29, 2009
    ahhh1989
    It unfolds like a great mystery and gradually becomes incredibly harrowing. I suspect this will be a bit too slow for most though. It's definitely creepy though.
  • gultenreiz
    September 20, 2009
    gultenreiz
    I had high expectations for this movie, and at the end I felt let down. it feels that they left the ending ambiguous intentionally, because I didn't really belived the whole story, just doesn't make sense.
    the strenght of the movie stands on some great performances by two leads...( read more), especially Juliette Binoche.
  • blueweber
    September 20, 2009
    blueweber
    WTF?!

    That was my reaction at the end of the movie.

    Along with that empty, depressed feeling.
  • neffielee
    September 19, 2009
    neffielee
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  • melbrakel
    September 16, 2009
    melbrakel
    "I'd like to speak to the man by the name of Georges Laurent."

    I am well and truly flummoxed. Even after reading people's comments, things still aren't cleared up much further... So, I understand that there is a large metanarrative about Anglo-French relations, but this s...( read more)till doesn't enlighten anyone on who was behind the videotapes and why. There is a lot of speculation over 'whodunnit' - perhaps it was their son Pierrot and Majid's son, or maybe it was all Georges' doing because of his unbearable guilt concerning his past. Or perhaps it is Haneke himself! Yes, it's all very puzzling and you can throw around ideas for years (which people are still doing, and might even enjoy doing) - but for me, that doesn't make it any less frustrating! I don't want to be left with so many loose ends that I can tie together any which way I want... I want some sort of resolution! And I suppose, if you're like me in that sense, you'll most probably hate the ending as well.

    I did really enjoy this film up until the second half - I was prepared to be really pleasantly surprised by it's genius - but as the plot went on, things just became increasingly confusing and we are given no answers whatsoever. So reality is often contradictory and confusing... but this is a film. And I'm not going to sit through it a second time just to try to alleviate my confusion by the tiniest fraction. Judging by the fact that nobody seems to have come up with a clear solution devoid of potholes, it seems to me that there just is none. There is no explanation. And that, for me, makes it thoroughly disappointing.

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  • lovetheflowers
    September 14, 2009
    lovetheflowers
    This movie creeped me out!
  • mrpopcorn
    September 2, 2009
    mrpopcorn
    "I wanted you to be present..."

    A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on its front porch that may be the direct result from an event from years ago.

    REVIEW

    Gripping y...( read more)et subtle thriller that brings back the eerie joy in voyeurism through film. Adding his own paranoid vision to the classic detached cinematography, Michael Haneke spins a misunderstood web of class struggle, emotional repression, and stalker fear in the guise of this slow but effective whodunit. Though not the masterpiece some may claim this bold film to be, Cache effectively puts you into the increasingly tense atmosphere dealing with this French couple's mysterious "watcher". Many viewers might be turned off by the movie's indecision to make up it's entire mind for us, although the writer incorporates enough social and psychological insight to make the main plot take a back seat to the underlying themes that represent what is truly "hidden".
  • ristrawn
    August 28, 2009
    ristrawn
    someone's always watching when you're out...
  • columbiatch
    August 27, 2009
    columbiatch
    Formally quite interesting plus good performances. I don't really get the hype about the last shot. I can't shake off the feeling that Haneke is taking some huge narrative shortcuts using the genre trappings, ie the surveillance shots. It's like the characters are manipulated thr...( read more)oughout the film by the director. Normally I wouldn't mind this except here Haneke is basically making himself an invisible character and taunting his characters safely outside the narrative just to get his point across and for formal reasons (the 2nd to last shot says it all about who's actually sending the videos). I think this cheapens the film's impact.
  • Phonex
    August 21, 2009
    Phonex
    When upper-middle-class Parisian couple Georges and Anne (Auteuil and Binoche) begin to receive a series of increasingly disturbing videotapes that depict scenes and events collected from their lives, dread soon permeates every aspect of their existence. Eventually, Georges?s per...( read more)sonal history is revealed to be influenced by France?s political history, particularly by its colonization of Algeria and its treatment of Algerian immigrants. A thriller that also touches upon issues of class and race, Caché leaves the viewer in a state of uneasy paranoia.
  • GringoTex
    August 14, 2009
    GringoTex
    My first Haneke film and I don't want to see another. He's the Spielberg of current continental European art cinema. He crawls up his own asshole just to take a sniff. I need to go watch a Pialat, any Pialat, to cleanse my palate.
  • g0y
    July 2, 2009
    g0y
    This film is a triangular prism, the plot elements with at least three layers are the colors that are escaping. The film is damn creepy in its suggestions and satisfying in ways no other film can come close to. Michael Haneke's best film by a long shot - very unappreciated, easy ...( read more)to dismiss, but it's one of the most uniquely structured films in decades.
  • mvieaddict
    June 27, 2009
    mvieaddict
    Michael Haneke's story about a family being watched, CACHE. The idea is pretty creepy as Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche have videos dropped on their doorstep showing the almost total actions occurring right outside their front door. This puts quite pressure on their already ...( read more)passionless relationship.

    The joy of this suspense story is to puzzle the clues and being able to solve the mystery. Haneke did an admirable job of tossing clues and false trails on the viewer. The suspense is amazing, is like watching life unfold, moment by moment, in front of you.

    It captivates because it is so real. The performances are amazingly alive, the dialogue was pure conversation. The film keeps you thinking and wondering, I was left just as confused and tense as the characters themselves. Pay close attention to the final shot, did it lead to unfold the story? Can someone please tell me?
  • radioflyerpunk
    June 23, 2009
    radioflyerpunk
    This film suffers from the same fault as Michael Haneke's other films: Michael Haneke is a dick.
  • dordogneanglais
    June 23, 2009
    dordogneanglais
    This film only really had two memorable scenes, both of which were very unpleasant. I absolutely hated the sudden flashback to the horrible scene with the chicken. Otherwise, there is not much to recommend a film with such deep meaning that the viewer is bored rigid whilst trying...( read more) to figure it out, only to be met with an unsatisfactory and sudden ending. Yawn.
  • HarleenQuinzel
    June 22, 2009
    HarleenQuinzel
    Terribly anti-climactic. I was expecting a lot out of the ending but was left with a "...really? That's -- no wait, those are the credits?" moment.

    AH well! I was underwhelmed.
  • juliryan
    June 21, 2009
    juliryan
    A slow clever thriller about guilt and shame. A subtle and powerful film.
  • lizzardb72688
    June 18, 2009
    lizzardb72688
    Really frustrating and intense, but ultimately anti-climactic. This film was very shocking and disturbing and worth watching.
  • drxcreatures
    May 30, 2009
    drxcreatures
    Confusing and Odd. Interesting movie.
  • kcar181
    May 2, 2009
    kcar181
    For the open minded and patient viewers
  • winterwycliffster
    April 28, 2009
    winterwycliffster
    An important piece of art. Probably my favorite film of the decade.
  • graveling861
    April 20, 2009
    graveling861
    There is something more to the abbrasive dispair of this movie that's actually quite beautiful.
  • puteri98
    April 14, 2009
    puteri98
    Truly a French flick! Not much sound, not much dialogue and no ending..Haha..Still luv it..That's the art of watching French flick...Yeeyy!! Original idea though..
  • kunam88
    April 4, 2009
    kunam88
    this movie is a maingate into the kingdom of boredom
  • mega7b
    March 24, 2009
    mega7b
    This is not your straight-forward American thriller or suspense. This is, without a doubt, a "European? film, that presents itself as a curiosity, as its premise is ripe with questions & hypotheses, but unlike its American counterparts, provides no easy answers. In fact, as I pre...( read more)pared myself for a scene in which the ultimate culprit behind all of the misdoings in the film was apparently going to be revealed, its end credits started to roll, leaving me with that "what the ???" look on my face...
    I saw this movie by myself, so I wasn't able to discuss my theories with anyone afterwards, but if that's what you enjoy doing, this might be just the type of film that you will want to see with someone who also likes dissecting films after a viewing. I liked the movie overall, really loved its direction & actors, and was pretty caught up all the way through. That said,
    " BE WARNED, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT FOR EVERYONE"!!!
  • MovieGeek13
    March 19, 2009
    MovieGeek13
    Cache is full of amazing yet subtle moments and it fully requires audience participation.
  • baberman123
    March 18, 2009
    baberman123
    This movie was bizzare and creepy but never reveals itself fully. Kind of a disappointing ending but it kept me intrigued.
  • mattsigur1
    February 28, 2009
    mattsigur1
    I have a newfound respect for the tension Haneke builds in this film. Watch it a couple times. You'll get it.
    If you don't, you like Carlos Mencia or suck.
  • sarielantro
    February 21, 2009
    sarielantro
    Such a waste of time, talent, work, money, etc. The director comes out and said that this story can be told in any country, well of course, 5 minutes in any talk show like Oprah will be enough. the rest as he said can be told in any survaillance camera. minute after minute figuri...( read more)ng out how is it that the actors are having coffee, or just making a call. What's the point in praising this kind of film just for convincing good actors to work in it? The argument is good, but the story is good, but is pointless by expressing it with such dull perspective and lack of directing skills.
  • heavymetalcrusader
    February 14, 2009
    heavymetalcrusader
    Haneke's best movie.
  • sonejee
    February 12, 2009
    sonejee
    this movie is terrible.
  • shakti03
    January 23, 2009
    shakti03
    French! French! French!... need i say more... only french can make movies like this... so naked in its form, yet so engaging..
  • vitaminsphere
    January 19, 2009
    vitaminsphere
    Las pistas solían ser positivas de acuerdo a las imágenes de la película, pero cuando aparecen los créditos quedé desconcertada, algo me faltó...
  • mrfilmguy
    January 18, 2009
    mrfilmguy
    Interesting thought provoking anti-thriller. Disturbing, opaque and bleak.
  • nanatropicana
    January 8, 2009
    nanatropicana
    my dear friend buy this dvd as a gift for me and when i saw it...it's really cache :/ complique...hiks..hiks..
  • gor41
    December 21, 2008
    gor41
    Tense and unsettling tale of the past catching up with you, with a nicely ambiguous ending. Little happens or is resolved which can be off putting. Certainly an enigma if not terrifically enjoyable.
  • Rossjm
    December 21, 2008
    Rossjm
    Hidden may not hold a candle to the Haneke's original Funny Games. For one it is less disturbing. But this is disturbing in its own right and has some very unforgettable scenes of violence which you do not expect to happen when it does.

    I really admire Michael Hankeke's style ...( read more)of direction. He uses many static shots and holds them there for sometimes 5 minuets as you watch the action from a distance which actually makes it really enjoyable and tense.

    The pacing in this film is good too. He lets the tension mount until something big happens then lets it slowly fall back down which helps mould the story well in this film.

    The performances are really good particularily from lead actor Daniel Auteuil who portrays fear, anxiety and anger very believably. Juliette Binoche is extremely good too.

    Although not one of the best foreign films I have seen it is still a remarkable film.
  • 339z
    December 21, 2008
    339z
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...its a freaky movie 2 watch..i think that the director of this Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Drama movie had do...( read more)ne a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie its a freaky Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Drama movie 2 watch..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie its a french movie but its a good movie 2 watch n its really well directed
  • babubhaut
    December 15, 2008
    babubhaut
    click for review
  • adamcook82
    December 6, 2008
    adamcook82
    On the surface it is a brilliant thriller but deeper thoughts lie beneath.
  • JMROJAS
    November 22, 2008
    JMROJAS
    The horror. The film shines the light on a frech couple who both work, and are being terrorized by survailance videos, the couples relationship is in termoil when the film begins, their adolecent son is begining to hate them like any other teen, what is frightning about this film...( read more), is that there is allways this sense on insecurity, between themselves and their private lives.
  • DrStrangeblog
    November 11, 2008
    DrStrangeblog
    A couple respectable critics thought this was the best film of its year, no way but still involving and has one truly shocking moment that still gives me the shudders.

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