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Karla (2005)

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Laura Prepon and Misha Collins star as the murderous pair whose deplorable crimes sent shock waves of terror rippling across Canada in director Joel Bender's unflinching look at the crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. On the surface Bernardo (Collins) and Homolka (Prepon) were your average everyday Canadian couple; they had a nice house in the suburbs, a dog, lots of friends, and a bright future ahead of them. As Paul is singled out as the prime suspect in a series of particularly vicious

R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Joel Bender

In Theaters: Jan 20, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Apr 3, 2007

Quantum Entertainment

Cast

Laura Prepon
Karla Homolka
Misha Collins
Paul Bernardo
Tess Harper
Molly Czehowicz
Patrick Bauchau
Dr. Arndt
Leonard Kelly-Young
Dan Czehowicz
Alex Boyd
Cherilyn Hayres
Tammy Homolka
Kristen Swieconek
Sarah Foret
Anthony John Denison
Det. Burroughs
Emilie Jacobs
Debbie
Danielle Burgio
Reporter
Brandon Routh
Tim Peters
William Duffy
Det. Porter

Critic Reviews for Karla

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (12)

Things in the movie, like the slasher movie music cues, hint that Karla has exploitation in its veins. The reasons for making it -- and seeing it -- remain more than slightly suspect.

March 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press

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John Monaghan

Detroit Free Press

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You can call it guilty of exploitation, tastelessness or insensitivity if you like, but its greatest failing is a certain deadly pointlessness.

January 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

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No audience, Canadian or otherwise, will learn anything here outside of the macabre facts. Worse, they won't feel anything either, not even -- and this is inexcusable -- for the victims themselves.

January 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

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Movies about real life serial killers are released frequently. It's when they're missing grief that they become an insult to the memory of the dead.

December 8, 2006 Full Review | Comment

Mark Palermo

Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

dispicable

August 13, 2006 Comment

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

sbs.is

Victims outshine their captors

April 29, 2006 Full Review Source: JWR

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S. James Wegg

JWR

Because we only see one side of the events, "Karla" rings unconvincing and sensationalistic.

January 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca

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Angela Baldassarre

Sympatico.ca Source: Sympatico.ca

...hopelessly inept and thoroughly awful...

January 22, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Little ambiguity or tension at the core of this hollow karaoke version of the Bernardo-Homolka murders . . . Karla seldom probes its title character's own complicity.

January 21, 2006 Comment

Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

What proves most disturbing is the way in which the film portrays Homolka as a victim.

January 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies

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Louis B. Hobson

Jam! Movies

Controversial and innately creepy, it left me feeling... well, dirty.

January 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies

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Pat St. Germain

Jam! Movies

In truth, nothing in the movie Karla will add much to the debate, other than serving as yet another reminder. But I do not believe it will do any harm, either.

January 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies

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Bruce Kirkland

Jam! Movies

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Rather disturbing movie. Perspective is seemingly biased. News accounts of actual crime told a different tale, so I am not sure that I am buying the ole "he made me do it" perspective. She is just as much of a nutcase as he is, I think.

December 15, 2010

Cynthia S.

Super Reviewer

To me, any accomplice to murder is just as guilty as the person committing it. That's why I am so repulsed by this movie, because it portrays Karla Homolka as a tragic heroine, a victim. Anyone who knows how tragic and sensitive this case was knows that Karla is no victim. There is no reason that a movie should be

March 16, 2008