Fresh
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.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
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Jerichow
Overview
In a small Northern German town, a dishonourably discharged Afghanistan veteran is offered a job as a deliveryman by an alcoholic Turkish entrepreneur, through which the former meets the latter's gorgeous wife.
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Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A taut, German-made thriller, Jerichow adds a bit of European xenophobia to the pulp traditions of passion and betrayal.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
This is a movie made by and for adults, and adults should consider seeing it.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
This is silly romance. It's sillier suspense. But I'm not above saying I enjoyed it.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
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.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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