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Evil's attempts to unpack the causes and effects of violence aren't always successful, but the well-acted end result still has an unsettling impact.
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Extremely watchable, even if it never goes as deep as it should. May 5, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Extremely watchable, even if it never goes as deep as it should.
Ty Burr
Hafström's dramatic sense is ... pedestrian and snail's-pace obvious. Apr 1, 2006 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
Hafström's dramatic sense is ... pedestrian and snail's-pace obvious.
Robert Abele
Movies like Evil entertain us by serving sweet revenge on a platter, and director Mikael Håfström manipulates emotions more intelligently than most. Mar 31, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Movies like Evil entertain us by serving sweet revenge on a platter, and director Mikael Håfström manipulates emotions more intelligently than most.
Jeff Shannon
Wilson, who plays Erik, had never been in a film before Evil -- which was nominated for a best foreign-language Oscar in 2004 -- and there's no reason that he can't make many more of them. Mar 31, 2006 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Wilson, who plays Erik, had never been in a film before Evil -- which was nominated for a best foreign-language Oscar in 2004 -- and there's no reason that he can't make many more of them.
John McMurtrie
The way it plays out, Evil feeds the audience's bloodlust as much as it decries the worst acts of its characters. Mar 23, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/4
The way it plays out, Evil feeds the audience's bloodlust as much as it decries the worst acts of its characters.
Michael Phillips
Hafstrom ... keeps us guessing as he confidently builds suspense. Mar 10, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Hafstrom ... keeps us guessing as he confidently builds suspense.
V.A. Musetto
It's a handsomely mounted film that's very cinematic with its visual styling.... And in its lead, model and actor Wilson, Evil has a charismatic and strappingly handsome protagonist. Apr 24, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's a handsomely mounted film that's very cinematic with its visual styling.... And in its lead, model and actor Wilson, Evil has a charismatic and strappingly handsome protagonist.
Miles Fielder
A powerful tale of boarding school repression based on a novel written by a Swede very much in the Stieg Larsson mold. Feb 28, 2012 | Full Review…
A powerful tale of boarding school repression based on a novel written by a Swede very much in the Stieg Larsson mold.
Louis Proyect
On the surface it seems very familiar ... and not altogether inaccessible to American audiences, but it also has the depth and substance we expect from our imports. Sep 17, 2007 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
On the surface it seems very familiar ... and not altogether inaccessible to American audiences, but it also has the depth and substance we expect from our imports.
Christopher Campbell
Powerful film where the transformation is painful to watch, but leaves you feeling hope. It took me by surprise at several turns and stayed with me long after the final credits rolled. Jul 11, 2006 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Powerful film where the transformation is painful to watch, but leaves you feeling hope. It took me by surprise at several turns and stayed with me long after the final credits rolled.
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Add the mystique of a foreign language, and suddenly the U.S. considers it an art film. Jun 28, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Add the mystique of a foreign language, and suddenly the U.S. considers it an art film.
Jesse Hassenger
The narrative has the same familiarity as the setting as Erik has to fight forces bigger than himself, giving the audience a story that justifies (and, not so secretly, revels in) its violence. Call it Fight Club at a boarding school. Jun 11, 2006 | Full Review…
The narrative has the same familiarity as the setting as Erik has to fight forces bigger than himself, giving the audience a story that justifies (and, not so secretly, revels in) its violence. Call it Fight Club at a boarding school.
Boyd van Hoeij
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