April 30, 2009
a simple story, well-told. i couldn't guess where it was going and i love that. lovely cinematography
Johannes Krisch, Hanno Pöschl, Irina Potapenko
In Vienna's demi-monde, ex-con Alex (Johannes Krisch) serves as a flunky for sleazy brothel owner Konecny (Hanno Poeschl) while secretly carrying on an affair with Ukrainian prostitute Tamara (Irina P...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 16, 2010
Stats: 174 reviews
Flixster Reviews (174)
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November 4, 2009superb 'soft-thriller' movie about revanche (fyi in german revanche means second chance as well as revenge, and incredibly this film is about both of them) from austria (what a beautiful country it is !).,
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September 26, 2009A very good story, with very good acting, well worth a watch. Am I hopelessly lowbrow because I wish it had more music?
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September 20, 2009Revanche is a tight thriller that is at a the same time a mood piece and a human moral drama. Austrian's official submission for the foreign language category in the 2009 Academy Awards is likely to this reviewer to get the nomination. Following the lives of two couples, a prosti...( read more)
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August 8, 2009The main character's 'revenge' isn't a simple plotting then exectuion (though that was his plan) but instead many unexpected forces intervene, not exactly stopping him but definitely making him rethink the entire situation. In the end there's a feeling that he handled the situati...( read more)
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June 27, 2009Of the five nominees for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar earlier this year, this would have been the one I'd've voted for, if I were an Academy voter.
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June 19, 2009Now that's a film! Story takes time to build-up, but it is never boring. There are no long shots of the sky, no long shots of characters staring at each other. Something is always happening. That makes this film distinctive from other recent films that explore guilt. It doesn't l...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
November 5, 2009
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
August 6, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Revanche involves a rare coming together of a male's criminal nature and a female's deep needs, entwined with a first-rate thriller. full review
June 5, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
This cool, tense Austrian thriller follows a Ukrainian hooker and her petty criminal boyfriend as they try to escape their dead-end lives. full review
June 5, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Revanche is an extraordinary film, mythic in feeling, about an ex-con who falls in love with a prostitute and how their lives intertwine fatefully with that of a policeman and his wife. full review
May 8, 2009
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
The title means 'revenge', but that's a deliberate simplification; Mr. Spielmann's film is full of surprises and, in its distinctive way, full of life. full review
May 1, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
A tidy, glum thriller that aims for a tone of sour humanism, perched just on the near edge of cynical despair. full review
April 29, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press
Through intelligent formalism, [director] Spielmann crafts a penetrating perception of the world and human experience. full review
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