The Hunt

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The Hunt

2012

1h 14m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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83%

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6 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Alex, a journalist, is ordered to investigate a sensational story to boost his magazine's sales. He quickly becomes caught up in a gruesome game of death as he is forced to hunt down innocent people.

Nick James

Sight & Sound

Aug 29, 2017

The Hunt is a tremendously gripping melodrama.

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Francesca Steele

Independent (UK)

Aug 11, 2017

[The Hunt] is a splendid return to form for director Thomas Vinterberg.

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David Harris

Spectrum Culture

Nov 19, 2019

3.8/5

The Hunt is most fascinating when dissecting what happens to someone whose reputation has been destroyed.

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

Jul 31, 2019

This is not a work of Dogme vérité; it's a more polished piece.

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C.J. Prince

Way Too Indie

Jul 2, 2019

7.5/10

The Hunt may have been too see-through for me to truly enjoy it, but Vinterberg has crafted a very good movie here.

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Michael Sicinski

Cinema Scope

Nov 27, 2017

The fact that anyone is taking The Hunt seriously as a look at community panic around pedophilia, or the mass psychology of scapegoating, or even as a solid slice of middlebrow realism, is truly confounding.

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Thomas Szczepanski

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Zuriel De Peslouan

Alex

Jellali Mouina

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Sarah Lucide

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Tobias Lindholm

Writer

Jessica Ask

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Synopsis

Alex, a journalist, is ordered to investigate a sensational story to boost his magazine's sales. He quickly becomes caught up in a gruesome game of death as he is forced to hunt down innocent people.

Director: Thomas Szczepanski
Producer: Jessica Ask, Madeleine Ekman
Screenwriter: Tobias Lindholm
Production Co: Kaleidoscope
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 16, 2017
Runtime: 1h 14m

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