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• Emil K

  
  Haneke once again plays his familiar sadistic games and this time the setting is post-apocalyptic world. For me it has never been clear what make critics and even many audiences to like these dull, pretentious and nihilistic films of Haneke. They are static, lacks anykind of style and… More
  Haneke once again plays his familiar sadistic games and this time the setting is post-apocalyptic world. For me it has never been clear what make critics and even many audiences to like these dull, pretentious and nihilistic films of Haneke. They are static, lacks anykind of style and they are clearly aimed to shock audiences. They do not have that much philosophical questions about humans or life itself as they pretend and most of all they are equally tastless. For me cinema is a window to other another world and a possibility to a filmmaker create an unique language of his own. For Haneke cinema is clearly a way to torture people. It's his way to say that us humans are basically evil and the world is full of shit. He is a misantrophic as an artist and kind a sad person with his view of world. I don't know, maybe Haneke just needs a big warm hug so he can finally make film about something else than people killing people or people torturing each other.

• Anthony L

  
  Time of the Wolf is certainly a refreshing take on a apocalyptic theme but unfortunately I think The Road may have topped it. That said, thanks to Haneke's devilish mind, this is film without happy endings, in fact the final devastating message of this film is disguised as a… More
  Time of the Wolf is certainly a refreshing take on a apocalyptic theme but unfortunately I think The Road may have topped it. That said, thanks to Haneke's devilish mind, this is film without happy endings, in fact the final devastating message of this film is disguised as a happy ending. How sadistic is that? I bloody love Michael Haneke though, tell it like it is, hope can be far more damaging than truth. Bleak but beautiful and bloody brilliant.

• _kelly .

  
  Of course it is bleak, slow, and ambiguous - it's Michael Haneke! I did indeed like this one, though only having seen Funny Games, Funny Games, and this, I do believe Haneke to be obsessed with the themes of home invasion and "bourgeois" people forced into humility.… More
  Of course it is bleak, slow, and ambiguous - it's Michael Haneke! I did indeed like this one, though only having seen Funny Games, Funny Games, and this, I do believe Haneke to be obsessed with the themes of home invasion and "bourgeois" people forced into humility. I CAN tolerate what some will describe as unbearable "slowness" and over-calculation of shot composition that many accuse Haneke guilty of, but mostly because I am sick of seeing shoddily edited, overcut, and underthought movies that will always flood the market. It's tough to be a legitimate film maker, because then you actually have to meet standards, which is why I imagine so many people to be very callous in regards to assessments of Haneke's work. I am always pleased to see apocalyptic/end of society films done in this realistic tone, especially in today's flooded market of action apocalyptica and sensationalized armageddon. This film most closely reminds me of Threads with its bleak presentation and closeness to reality. A wonderful film, but you must be a patient fim viewer (read: not an ADD crazed artificial adrenaline junkie plucked from the teeming masses). I must confess that I dislike the ending, not because it is ambiguous; indeed I like to think I know what awaits the characters after the reel ceases to roll, and I delight in imagining the specifics of how they will deal with yet another difficult and wholly new situation. I dislike the ending not for the final shot, but for the scene right before it, and the haste with which all of the dangling storylines are abandoned for this overhanded symbolic moment which will contribute to many viewers feeling similarly abandoned and befuddled by the director's choice, but as is often the way with Haneke, that mau be indeed precisely what he wants the audience to feel. Viewed from that perspective, I can accept that scene, but I cannot accept the countless storylines which were just moments ago being adequately nourished and developed, but are now suddenly left desperately open to interpretation.

• Drew S

  
  Sorry, I couldn't really handle this one. My patience imploded about halfway in. I may try and finish it later in the week...or I may not and I'll never get around to it again. Easily Haneke's flattest directing (Funny Games, for all my problems with it, was… More
  Sorry, I couldn't really handle this one. My patience imploded about halfway in. I may try and finish it later in the week...or I may not and I'll never get around to it again. Easily Haneke's flattest directing (Funny Games, for all my problems with it, was strikingly filmed); the surety of aesthetic and tone belie the fact that there's really nothing to take in here. This is a worse job of creating post-apocalyptic scope than The Signal. And it's a crying shame to take a prize actress like Huppert and give her absolutely nothing to interact with outside of about four interesting scenes. Whatever, I'm a plebe and you guys can take me off your friend lists now.

• Alec B

  
  Haneke does come up with some interesting post-apocalyptic scenarios, but for the most part the film is boring and the characters are flat as can be.

• Marcus W

  
  This film is SO subtle. It's impossible to not compare it to The Road - only this film manages to be far more downbeat, and less heavy-handed. It has a gritty realism that works in it's favour and is completely captivating. If you get impatient or easily depressed watching… More
  This film is SO subtle. It's impossible to not compare it to The Road - only this film manages to be far more downbeat, and less heavy-handed. It has a gritty realism that works in it's favour and is completely captivating. If you get impatient or easily depressed watching films, steer clear, otherwise it's beautifully bleak.

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