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Black
Book 
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| Starring: |
Carice van
Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina
Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint, Christian
Berkel, Dolf de Vries, Peter Blok, Michiel
Huisman, Ronald Armbrust, Frank Lammers |
| Directed by: |
Paul Verhoeven |
| Produced by: |
San Fu Maltha, Jens Meurer,
Teun Hilte, Jos van der Linden, Andreas Grosch,
Andrea Schmid, Marcus Schoefer, Henning
Molfenter |
| Written by: |
Paul Verhoeven, Gerard
Soeteman |
| Genre: |
Historical drama, Thriller,
War |
| MPAA rating: |
R |
| Runtime: |
144 minutes |
| Release date: |
Sep 1, 2006 |
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After narrowly escaping death,
young Rachel Rosenthal (Carice van Houten) becomes part
of the Jewish resistance, assuming the name Ellis de
Vries. Her superiors order her to seduce a Gestapo
officer named Ludwig (Sebastian Koch) . Ellis is
successful in her mission but soon finds herself falling
in love with her mortal enemy.
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| Critics
Reviews |
Average
Grade: |
B+ |
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Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"A devilishly
engrossing, rip-roaring World War II
melodrama, riddled with naughty-boy
Verhoeven's trademark cynicism."
more... |
B+ |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"Black Book
may be vulgar, but that's why it works."
more... |
A- |
Chicago
Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...wildly
imaginative..."
more... |
A- |
E! Online
Luke Y. Thompson |
"Just a few
missteps keep it from being as great as it
should."
more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"Black Book
is the best Verhoeven film since Basic
Instinct -- if only that were a bigger
compliment."
more... |
C |
Hollywood
Reporter
Ray Bennett |
"...an
ambitious throwback..."
more... |
B+ |
New York
Post
Kyle Smith |
"On the one
hand, Black Book has the artiness of
subtitles, the dramatic weight of history,
and the desperate heroics of Jews hiding
from Nazis. On the other hand, it has Paul
Verhoeven."
more... |
B- |
New York
Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...pretty much
a hoot."
more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...a powerful
and compelling World War II thriller that
features note-perfect performances and an
almost flawless screenplay."
more... |
A- |
Rolling
Stone
Peter Travers |
"...wildly
entertaining..."
more... |
A- |
San
Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"Unsettling
because it's so darn entertaining."
more... |
B+ |
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...a highly
original and progressively riveting personal
adventure..."
more... |
A- |
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