Cold Case Hammarskjöld
critic Reviews
, 83% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- As an investigation into a real-life tragedy, Cold Case Hammarskjöld might struggle with discipline -- but it remains an intriguing, entertaining jumble of ideas.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreScott MarksSan Diego Reader
In his own way, the ever-present director is as much a scene-hogger as Joaquin Phoenix with one glaring difference: Brügger's mercenaries are the real-deal, not heavy-handed, makeup-streaked clowns with mommy and daddy issues.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDaphne MerkinThe New Republic
It is impossible in this paranoid-making era to watch Cold Case and not be made to feel uneasy by the secrets it unlocks and the human aptitude for evil that it exposes.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAdam NaymanThe Ringer
Cold Case Hammarskjöld's wild postulations about secret political assassinations and biologically engineered viruses have a gripping, gruesome urgency: Watching it is like getting sucked into a Reddit thread at 3 in the morning.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMarc SavlovAustin Chronicle
Six years in the making, Cold Case Hammarskjöld is by far [Mads] Brügger's most ambitious and engrossing documentary.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAnn HornadayWashington Post
It's impossible to emerge from this film without being shaken to your core. Mission accomplished: Mind blown.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJoshua RothkopfTime Out
One thing is certain: If he's right about this one, he will have earned that pith helmet.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreVadim RizovFilmmaker Magazine
Ultimately very sad: it indicts villains who are no longer present as an object lesson in how systemic evil can be eventually discovered but never corrected...I think Hammarskjöld is still news that should generate immediate further investigation...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRuben Peralta RigaudCocalecas
This documentary goes beyond the death of [Dag Hammarskjöld], far beyond. We must take a stand, and we must do it now. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCatherine SpringerAwardsWatch
The story is chock full of colorful characters (other than Brügger) and suspense, as Brügger builds the tale to a climax that turns out to be quite shattering.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreStephen PorzioHeadStuff
A dark sinister plot as labyrinthine and far reaching as anything Thomas Pynchon ever cooked up.
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