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While it may test viewers' patience, System Crasher is a thoughtful and compassionate portrait of one child's trauma and anger, featuring an enigmatic Helena Zengel in the lead role.
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Punkishly propulsive... a portrait of a child in the grip of a troubled psyche. April 8, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Punkishly propulsive... a portrait of a child in the grip of a troubled psyche.
Danny Leigh
I saw this German language film at the Berlin Film Festival last year and I didn't like it. Lots of people did. So I watched it again recently. Still didn't like it. April 1, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
I saw this German language film at the Berlin Film Festival last year and I didn't like it. Lots of people did. So I watched it again recently. Still didn't like it.
Kevin Maher
System Crasher' may veer towards being over-sympathetic in its approach to its violently problematic protagonist, but it delivers a powerful exposé of the limitations of the foster system. March 30, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
System Crasher' may veer towards being over-sympathetic in its approach to its violently problematic protagonist, but it delivers a powerful exposé of the limitations of the foster system.
Hanna Flint
A grisly, gripping watch. March 25, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A grisly, gripping watch.
Peter Bradshaw
Crafted with heaps of heart, well worth seeking out. December 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Crafted with heaps of heart, well worth seeking out.
Millicent Thomas
A well-meaning yet maddening slog that soft-pedals the preaching while overindulging the screeching. February 10, 2019 | Full Review…
A well-meaning yet maddening slog that soft-pedals the preaching while overindulging the screeching.
Jay Weissberg
The nuance of the performances allows us to read between the lines and see the stark, sad reality of what isn't being said. August 17, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The nuance of the performances allows us to read between the lines and see the stark, sad reality of what isn't being said.
Tom Beasley
Being outsider. Forced to be. The social medicalization of a disease. The seventh art as an extension of reality. Realities, like the one that Helena Zengel masterfully shows us. [Full review in Spanish] July 27, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Being outsider. Forced to be. The social medicalization of a disease. The seventh art as an extension of reality. Realities, like the one that Helena Zengel masterfully shows us. [Full review in Spanish]
Guillem Martinez Oya
System Crasher (Systemsprenger) features a tremendous central performance from Helena Zengel, along with superb use of editing and colour. Although the tone is occasionally muddled, the film manages to be both viscerally engrossing and heartbreaking. April 16, 2020 | Full Review…
System Crasher (Systemsprenger) features a tremendous central performance from Helena Zengel, along with superb use of editing and colour. Although the tone is occasionally muddled, the film manages to be both viscerally engrossing and heartbreaking.
Jim Ross
...startling and grippingly raw portrait of childhood monstrosity. Zengel's furious face is resourcefully inspired as her walking wounded minor is a major firecracker with atom bomb-like capabilities. April 10, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
...startling and grippingly raw portrait of childhood monstrosity. Zengel's furious face is resourcefully inspired as her walking wounded minor is a major firecracker with atom bomb-like capabilities.
Frank Ochieng
[A] brilliant performance by the child at the centre of German drama System Crasher saves this otherwise frantic and spuriously plotted film about the limits of the care system. April 2, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
[A] brilliant performance by the child at the centre of German drama System Crasher saves this otherwise frantic and spuriously plotted film about the limits of the care system.
Alistair Harkness
The heartbreaking expose leaves us with a sense of despair. April 1, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…
The heartbreaking expose leaves us with a sense of despair.
Dennis Schwartz
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