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Karla (2006)

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Average Rating:3.4/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for brutal psychotic violence including murder, rape and spousal abuse, disturbing sexual content and strong language.

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A deeply disturbing true story… Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka’s psychological dance with death and depravity – faithfully recreated here in stunning performances by Misha Collins and Laura... A deeply disturbing true story… Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka’s psychological dance with death and depravity – faithfully recreated here in stunning performances by Misha Collins and Laura Prepon – will haunt you forever…because it’s true. Every scene of the film was derived from events transcribed in court testimony using police reports, interviews between Karla and her psychiatrist, and videotape of the crimes shot by the perpetrators themselves. But perhaps even more shocking than the serial rapes and murders by Bernardo, is the question of how and why a woman could love such a man to the point of becoming his accomplice…which began with her own sister? As the gruesome events unfold, the utter lack of remorse from Paul and his quirky charisma paint a delusional world of normalcy for Karla, conflicted by her conscience but still unable to escape. In the end, this gripping, tension-packed film leaves the viewer to ponder the psyches of two individuals in a tragically demented relationship, and to judge: Was Karla herself caught in Paul's web, a victim? Or did the fact that she joined him in his crimes in spite of having an apparent conscience make her evil even deeper than his? -- © Quantum Entertainment [More]

Starring: Misha Collins, Laura Prepon, Tess Harper, Cherilyn Hayres

Starring: Misha Collins, Laura Prepon, Tess Harper, Cherilyn Hayres, Patrick Bauchau, Anthony John Denison

Director: Joel Bender

Director: Joel Bender

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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.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
03/16/07
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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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.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
12/08/06
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

dispicable

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
08/13/06
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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Victims outshine their captors

Full Review Source: JWR | comment Comment
04/29/06
S. James Wegg
S. James Wegg
JWR

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

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
01/24/06
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

...hopelessly inept and thoroughly awful...

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01/22/06
David Nusair
David Nusair
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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.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
01/21/06
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

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

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
01/20/06
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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What proves most disturbing is the way in which the film portrays Homolka as a victim.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/20/06
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

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

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/20/06
Pat St. Germain
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.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/20/06
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
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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.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
01/20/06
Rick Groen
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Globe and Mail
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