"RIVETING… PROPELLED BY MADS MIKKELSEN’S SHATTERING PERFORMANCE"
-Hollywood Reporter
"OFFERS A POWERFUL, PROVOCATIVE STUDY OF MOB MENTALITY AND THE FABRIC OF TRUST."
-Philadelphia Inquirer
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-USA TODAY
"Mads Mikkelsen is terrific."
-USA TODAY
"It's easy to see why he won best actor at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for this performance."
-USA TODAY
"An indelibly powerful film."
-USA TODAY
"This is filmmaking of a high order."
-Wall Street Journal
"Fascinating and delicately beautiful."
-Screen Picks
"A standout performance by Mads Mikkelsen."
-Screen Picks
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-NY Daily News
"(Mads Mikkelsen) is as magnetically compelling."
-NY Daily News
"One of the best performances in the festival (TIFF)"
-Roger Ebert
"A devastating portrait of society's tenuous structure under the pressures of fear."
-Indiewire
"IMMENSELY POWERFUL—OUTSTANDING. Mads Mikkelsen is one of the finest actors at work today."
-Phillip French, The Observer
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. GRIPPING, UNBEARABLY TENSE, yet capable of great subtlety and nuance. Thomas Vinterberg has come storming back."
-Phillip French, The Guardian
"5 out of 5 STARS. One of the year’s best films. It shares The Celebration’s devastating dramatic clarity. Mikkelsen gives a career topping performance."
-Robbie Collin, The Telegraph
"RIVETING, propelled by a shattering performance by Mads Mikkelsen as the blameless man whose life threatens to be destroyed. Vinterberg’s best film since The Celebration."
-David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
"A strong return to form for Thomas Vinterberg."
-Matt Mueller, Indiewire/Thompson on Hollywood
"THRILLING AND COMPELLING. A stunning turn from the always excellent Mads Mikkelsen."
-David Voight, The Examiner
"Engrossing and provacative. A devastating portrait of society's tenuous structure under the pressures of fear."
-Eric Kohn, Indiewire