A well-crafted and well-acted reworking of the classic noir film The Postman Always Rings Twice.
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11/10/09
Jerichow (2009)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:26
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Minimal and intriguing, this Teutonic retreading of The Postman Always Rings Twice is tense and ominous throughout.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Jerichow was inspired by a news story Christian Petzold read while filming Yella in the former East Germany. Jerichow, a small town in northeastern Germany, an impoverished region where few jobs... [More]
Starring: Benno Furmann, Nina Hoss, Hilmi Sozer, Andre Hennicke
Director: Christian Petzold
Reviews for Jerichow
Petzoid takes the Cain themes of lust and duplicity and twists them into a reflection on modern Germany, where nationalism and loyalties and identity and economics are jumbled and thrown into confusion.
09/10/09
Isn't startlingly new, but it's a nice twist on a familiar formula, and should satisfy anyone who wants to see the postman, as it were, ring yet again.
08/28/09
A taut, German-made thriller, Jerichow adds a bit of European xenophobia to the pulp traditions of passion and betrayal.
08/06/09
Jerichow is not the masterfully complex work that Yella* was, but it's very tightly constructed and made, showing in some ways Peltzold's maturity as a filmmaker.
07/30/09
This is a movie made by and for adults, and adults should consider seeing it.
07/17/09
This swift, skillful film builds to a closing image that leaves you with what they call the wow factor on Top Chef not just because the finale is so shocking but because it is also so shockingly inevitable.
07/10/09
This is silly romance. It’s sillier suspense. But I’m not above saying I enjoyed it.
07/03/09
It’s easy to compare Jerichow with the films of The Postman Always Rings Twice, with the grimy gas station owner, the sexy wife and the rugged drifter, but people have a way of not behaving according to their superficial qualities.
06/25/09
Top CriticSo compact and controlled is this fine film.
05/26/09
How do you say 'Three's a crowd' auf Deutsch?
05/18/09
The ironic denouement doesn't match the fever pitch of the build up. But . . .the walls of Jerichow fall down just from the heat Fürmann and Hoss generate.
05/16/09
A taut, character-driven and intelligently crafted thriller with a strong and radiant performance by Nina Hoss.
05/16/09
A modern-day, Teutonic Postman Always Rings Twice? Yes, Jerichow is just that, but minus the needed passion or suspense.
05/15/09
Viewers will be drawn in by Jerichow even if they aren't familiar with Cain's tale and the other movies it spawned.
05/15/09
Petzold, who has a crisp style and sharp sense of the visual, is too talented and imaginative to allow his film to become predictable.
05/15/09
Top CriticThere is nonetheless something haunting about this film, a sense of desperation and defeat that seems less like a generic convention than like a genuine insight.
05/15/09
Top CriticA great modern neo-noir thriller with sparse, tight dialog and passion that boils right through to the final shocking ending.
05/15/09
As we observe Jerichow's three main characters navigate their noirish narrative with a sense of cool detachment it becomes increasingly troubling that Petzold neglected to give us a reason to care.
05/14/09
Jerichow’s sparseness, tiny cast, and minimal plot can make the film seem a little elusive, but there’s a certain elegance to Petzold’s concision, too. He shows all he wants us to see.
05/14/09
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