Holland's evocation of the period is lovingly detailed, with exquisite camera work by Jerzy Zielinski.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Holland's evocation of the period is lovingly detailed, with exquisite camera work by Jerzy Zielinski.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It has the ungainly but attractive ambience of an old fairy tale being passed down through the generations, becoming more and more embellished on each retelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It has the ungainly but attractive ambience of an old fairy tale being passed down through the generations, becoming more and more embellished on each retelling.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Agnieszka Holland has crafted a disturbing Hitchcockian mystery

~ John Reid -

Agnieszka Holland has crafted a disturbing Hitchcockian mystery

~ John Reid -

Agnieszka Holland understands that what really makes an impression is the internal experience of such extreme situations.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Agnieszka Holland understands that what really makes an impression is the internal experience of such extreme situations.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Essential, urgent and damning.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Essential, urgent and damning.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

An honest musical understanding is displayed throughout and it provides a refreshing undercurrent in what might otherwise be a stiflingly familiar tale.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An honest musical understanding is displayed throughout and it provides a refreshing undercurrent in what might otherwise be a stiflingly familiar tale.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though the director and stars bring a frisson to the relationship between Palko and his boss - the most fictive element of the plot - the script falls short in terms of fleshing out what lies beneath.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though the director and stars bring a frisson to the relationship between Palko and his boss - the most fictive element of the plot - the script falls short in terms of fleshing out what lies beneath.

~ Amber Wilkinson -