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2005

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A married couple are terrorised by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch. Read more

Starring	Juliette Binoche, Annie Girardot, Maurice Benichou, Bernard Le Coq
Director	Michael Haneke
Genres	Thriller, World Cinema

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- Georges (Auteuil) hosts a TV literary chat-show, and discovers the drawbacks to celebrity when he and his wife Anne... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
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  Worst. Film. Ever.
  
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  Utter merde. Every bit as bad as most people here have said, and then some.
  
  I like French films. I like films that are difficult, or challenging, or ... read more »
  
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  - 16 Feb 2007 at 15:57
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  What, Huh
  
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  I don't get it! I was so looking forward to this film and then it ended abruptly with no explanation as to who was involved in the whole plot. Is there a ... read more »
  
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  - 31 May 2012 at 00:58
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  Great Film...or a Great Con...or Both
  
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  Hidden is a film that splits it's audience. Actually, it's splits individuals in the audience and it's certainly left me in two minds.
  
  On... read more »
  
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- - JayLow
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  - 15 Apr 2012 at 18:41
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  I don't understand
  
  please can anyone help me understand the end......who was making the recordings...am I being thick?I loved the film but couldn't believe it had ended so ... read more »
  
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  - 04 Mar 2012 at 13:58
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  Have Patience!
  
  The run time goes beyond what is necessary and after the first hour you may begin to 'clock watch'. It is a prolonged 'who dunnit?'. Patience is... read more »
  
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  - 29 Feb 2012 at 12:24
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  Hidden - the hidden ending
  
  This is a fantastic film! I think many of those who have written reviews have actually missed the important ending.
  
  Like others I did at first think ... read more »
  
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  - 09 Jan 2012 at 19:31
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  Unusual but fascinating
  
  A rather unusual, even odd, thriller but I found it strangely fascinating and kept watching. I did think for a while that the lead character did perhaps protest... read more »
  
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  - 08 Jan 2012 at 18:31
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  Waste of time
  
  Watched this on a wet Bank Holiday Sunday afternoon and still watched it on fast forward - boring and pointless film with one of the worst endings I have ever ... read more »
  
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- - Julep
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  - London
  - 01 Jan 2012 at 18:28
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  Good film, rubbish ending!
  
  This is a really well made film and I enjoyed watching it. I was gripped all the way through wondering whodunnit?! Then.....the film just ends with no ending! ... read more »
  
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- - emabee
  - 10 reviews
  - 27 Oct 2011 at 09:02
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  Ooh la la.....
  
  Hmmm..... a difficult one to assess!
  
  I did enjoy this film - despite having taken no notice when I picked it up and then was gutted to realise it was... read more »
  
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  - 23 Sep 2011 at 22:15
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  One not to watch - unless you have nothing else do to!
  
  What a waste of time. I love Juliette Binoche so I kept watching until the bitter end, but I found it slow and boring. One not to watch!
  
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  - 14 Sep 2011 at 13:13
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  Worst. Film. Ever.
  
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  Utter merde. Every bit as bad as most people here have said, and then some.
  
  I like French films. I like films that are difficult, or challenging, or ... read more »
  
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  Hidden
  
  A brilliant and disturbing new film from Michael Haneke. Dread absolutely suffuses this film from first frame to last as Haneke uses long and often static takes... read more »
  
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  - 28 Jan 2006 at 19:20
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  Keeps you guessing 'til the end...
  
  ...and when the credits roll you find yourself still guessing and feeling you've missed something. What? Er... Who? With..? Um... Eh?
  
  The tension... read more »
  
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- - RJTaylor
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  - 30 Jun 2006 at 15:58
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  Psychological depth
  
  If you want easy answers and not to have to think then this isn't for you. This film isn't hard to watch and the suspense will maintain your interest, ... read more »
  
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- - brixtonman
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  - 06 Jul 2006 at 17:09
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  lost in translation
  
  This film started off very well, I was intrigued as to who was leaving the tapes, and how were they unseen? The deterioration of the marriage and the meeting ... read more »
  
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  - wotton-under-edge
  - 24 Apr 2006 at 09:02
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  Pretentious, dull, unrealistic & annoying or 'challenging'
  
  If your house was being filmed from across the street and the tapes left on your doorstep over and over would you A: Try and find the poorly concealed camera, B... read more »
  
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- - webbo
  - Manchester England
  - 02 Aug 2006 at 12:28
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  FRUSTRATED & ANNOYED...
  
  I was left with a bitter taste in my mouth after watching this film. Initially I was a little intrigued, then bored & at one point shocked, but the over ... read more »
  
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  - 19 Aug 2006 at 09:38
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  What's it all sbout? Who cares!!
  
  Haneke makes another baffling, controversial film to keep the critics happy as well as the audience. Who is sending the tapes? What is the significance of all ... read more »
  
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  - 08 May 2006 at 22:29
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  Sins of the fathers
  
  A film about how the past, both within a family AND within a nation can come back to ... read more »
  
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- - Rai Clews
  - England
  - 23 Oct 2006 at 09:26
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  baiseurs anglais ignorants!!!!!
  
  i despair that people would not watch a film purely because it's subtitled and in french. some of the best films are foreign but you can always wait for the... read more »
  
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  - 03 Feb 2007 at 23:22

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Critics' reviews
- Georges (Auteuil) hosts a TV literary chat-show, and discovers the drawbacks to celebrity when he and his wife Anne... read more on Time Out
- 49236
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
- The most gripping film of the year.
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- - The Daily Mail
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- A stunning thriller.
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- - Hotdog
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Brilliant.
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- - Time Out
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25

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  Suburban couple Georges (Daniel Auteuil, JEAN DE FLORETTE) and Anne Laurent (Juliette Binoche, THE ENGLISH PATIENT) become the unwitting victims of an elaborate blackmail plot in this taught psychological thriller from master of suspense Michael Haneke (FUNNY GAMES). Georges, a television presenter,...