When a notorious German serial killer is captured after committing some of the most heinous acts against humanity ever imaginable, a farmer and police officer from a sleepy rural community on the outskirts of Berlin is drawn into the case as he searches for the answers to a murder that has shaken his tight-knit community.
Antibodies is fairly riveting, thanks to Alvart's command of craft and tone. He's a director to watch.
– Chuck Wilson,
L.A. Weekly,
15 Feb 2007
rotten:
Instead of reinventing the procedural mechanics of the serial-killer drama, filmmaker Christian Alvert adds to its current state of retardation with desperate atmospherics and a cheap disquisition on sex and religion.
– Ed Gonzalez,
Village Voice,
15 Feb 2007
fresh:
The film's pace is brisk enough to maintain our full attention. Antibodies is not so much an art house movie as a well-made, commercial thriller that happens to be in German.
– Kevin Crust,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb 2007
rotten:
A German thriller that isn't shy about ripping off The Silence of the Lambs.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
16 Feb 2007
rotten:
Antibodies brings together a philosophically minded serial killer, a devoutly religious cop and a cynical filmmaker clearly itching to go Hollywood.