Evil
It's time to take a stand.
It's time to take a stand.
Drama
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2003
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Stockholm, the fifties. Though academically bright, violent pupil Erik Ponti is expelled from his state school with the headmaster’s words “there’s only one word for people like you – evil… what you need is a good thrashing, and more”. In fact already Erik frequently receives a ‘good’ thrashing at the hands of his sadistic stepfather – so he is packed off by his mother to boardingschool
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
113 min
Release date:
16 May 2003
Country:
DK, SE
Languages:
Swedish, Finnish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 10 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A commentary on the troubling gray area between acceptable and unacceptable forms of violence, especially where the molding of boys into 'real men' is concerned.
– Tim Grierson,
L.A. Weekly,
30 Mar 2006
fresh:
Wilson, who plays Erik, had never been in a film before Evil -- which was nominated for a best foreign-language Oscar in 2004 -- and there's no reason that he can't make many more of them.
– John McMurtrie,
San Francisco Chronicle,
31 Mar 2006
fresh:
Movies like Evil entertain us by serving sweet revenge on a platter, and director Mikael Hafstrom manipulates emotions more intelligently than most.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
31 Mar 2006
rotten:
Hafstrom's dramatic sense is ... pedestrian and snail's-pace obvious.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr 2006
fresh:
Extremely watchable, even if it never goes as deep as it should.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
5 May 2006