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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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[Haneke's] socio-political condemnations assume an aggressively hectoring tone.
09/07/06
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12/15/03
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.
12/31/02
An interesting concept... [but] one doomed by a lack of characterization, Code Unknown remains a jumble of unknowable elements.
08/26/02
At the center of the film -- the real reason it was made -- is Binoche, one of the genuinely radiant presences in movies today.
06/27/02
Top Critic Awash in ravishing images ... that will haunt you long after you leave the theater.
06/10/02
Tackles contemporary cosmopolitan ennui with unfailing sensitivity and perceptiveness, and that more than makes its stories worth knowing.
06/07/02
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.
06/07/02
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Pretentious, pseudo-intellectual crap.
by: beldar 8/19/04
by: beldar 8/19/04
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