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Movie Info

Shocking revelations occur when cheating spouses and their daughter (Andrea Schober) gather at their country estate.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

German
Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 10, 2017
Runtime:

1h 36m

Cast & Crew

Margit Carstensen
Ariane

Ulli Lommel
Kolbe

Anna Karina
Irene

Alexander Allerson
Gerhard

Andrea Schober
Angela

Macha Méril
Traunitz

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Critic Reviews for Chinese Roulette

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (2)

Taking one step at a time, Mr. Fassbinder is exploring new methods of cinema narrative that are more original and daring than anything I've yet to see by film makers who call themselves avant-garde.

July 6, 2015 | Full Review…

Vincent Canby
New York Times
If the premise suggests Nol Coward's Private Lives with an acrid dash of Pinter, Fassbinder is nothing if not winkingly in command of this brittle theatrical idiom.

July 6, 2015 | Full Review…

Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph (UK)
A rigorous extrapolation of deception as a survival tactic, and a vicious indictment of victimhood, martyrdom and the games people will play in order to destroy one other.

July 6, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
The camera seems much more interested in exploring the glass and chrome furnishings than in examining the characters, and by the time the film is finished, so is the audience.

July 6, 2015 | Full Review…

Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
Unfortunately, [Fassbinder's] cynical detachment leaves us appalled but unmoved.

July 6, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

David Parkinson
Radio Times
Rings so true it hurts.

July 6, 2015 | Full Review…

Film4 Staff
Film4
It just doesn't work.

July 6, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
Fassbinder's first international production is a bleak psychological melodrama in which the secrets of a married couple are exposed in truth-guessing game by their invalid child. The cast is headed by Anna Karina, Godard's muse in his early career.

July 6, 2015 | Rating: B

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Chinese Roulette is one of those films where you hate every single one of the characters yet can?t tear yourself away from them until you find out how they end up.

July 6, 2015 | Full Review…

Matt Bailey
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
A very gloomy melodrama.

July 6, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Excellent Fassbinder film from the director's Douglas Sirk-influenced period.

July 6, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

TV Guide
Fassbinder's grinning, glittering comedy.

July 6, 2015 | Full Review…

Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion