Four Minutes (2007)

Potent tale...one of the ten best films released in 2008

Credit goes to writer-director Chris Kraus and his remarkable leads for making any such complaints about the story's familiar nature moot.

Underneath the harshness and the severity there is a thick, spongey layer of pure Hollywood schmaltz, and the movie runs on predictable lines.

Bleibtreu and Herzsprung embody their characters with such vicious monstrousity that it's hard to forget that they're merely actors.

Psychological insights and powerhouse performances combine to form a consistently engaging narrative.

The acting is excellent.

... [filled] with minor mysteries and compelling characters.

One of the most exciting German movies since Run, Lola, Run

There are the odd few tender moments, but they are only brief interludes between more sturm und drang.