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Code Unknown (2001)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:26
Rotten:11
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Though challengingly cryptic at times, Code Unknown still manages to resonate.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Theatrical Release:Nov 15, 2000 Limited
Synopsis: CODE UNKNOWN tracks a series of events that unfold in like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne (Juliette... [More]
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Alexandre Hamidi, Luminita Gheorghiu
Director: Michael Haneke
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Reviews for Code Unknown
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Michael Haneke's only attempt to be emotionally salient.
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[Haneke's] socio-political condemnations assume an aggressively hectoring tone. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Packed with provocative ideas and fragments of provocative ideas. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Even if it's a bit 'foreign' and arty, it's also consistently gripping, thoughtful, powerful stuff, assembled in an unusual way that catches us off guard and never preaches. Full Review |
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An interesting concept... [but] one doomed by a lack of characterization, Code Unknown remains a jumble of unknowable elements. Full Review |
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A truly absorbing drama. Full Review |
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This French-language film is fiercely intellectual and thoughtful. Full Review |
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At the center of the film -- the real reason it was made -- is Binoche, one of the genuinely radiant presences in movies today. Full Review |
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Awash in ravishing images ... that will haunt you long after you leave the theater. Full Review |
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Tackles contemporary cosmopolitan ennui with unfailing sensitivity and perceptiveness, and that more than makes its stories worth knowing. Full Review |
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Haneke has a sure way with actors -- allowing them to seem to be living rather than acting their roles -- tat matches his ability to capture the rhythms and routines of everyday life with a graceful, unstudied ease. Full Review |
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Thankfully a step backward from the moral abyss represented in Funny Games.
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