Michael (2011)

dir: Markus Schleinzer

A disturbing film showing the last few months of the involuntary life together of a 35 year old man and a ten year old boy.

Cast:

Michael Fuith Michael
Christine Kain Mother
David Rauchenberger Wolfgang
Gisella Salcher Christa
Ursula Strauss Sister
Victor Tremmel Brother-in-law

mike-scott added a review of Michael

Writer-director Markus Schleinzer's exceedingly dark drama -- guaranteed to make audiences squirm in their seats -- is emotionally unsettling. Read the review

mike-scott rated Michael

8 stars

damon-wise added a review of Michael

As horrifying and hard to watch as you'd expect a paedophile's-eye view of life to be. It's neither sensationalist nor trite, and the questions it asks are intelligent and thoughtful. Read the review

damon-wise rated Michael

8 stars

mark-jenkins added a review of Michael

It's hard to make a movie about a pederast without being exploitative, and Michael eventually comes to feel like an art house stunt. Read the review

mark-jenkins rated Michael

5 stars

stephen-holden added a review of Michael

This coldly compelling film doesn't try to explain Michael's behavior or analyze his disease. As if doing penance for Michael's sins, it eventually metes out unequivocal punishment, but i... Read the review

stephen-holden rated Michael

9 stars

scott-tobias added a review of Michael

It's a chilling film about the routine business of unspeakable acts. Read the review

scott-tobias rated Michael

8 stars

nick-pinkerton added a review of Michael

Not everything that is human is naturally interesting, and Schleinzer approaches his subject not as an investigator, but as though covering up a crime scene and scrubbing it of anything t... Read the review

nick-pinkerton rated Michael

4 stars

joshua-rothkopf added a review of Michael

Brace yourself and go see it. Read the review

joshua-rothkopf rated Michael

8 stars

andrew-schenker added a review of Michael

A (relatively) tasteful and restrained approach to potentially lurid subject matter isn't necessarily any better than one that gives in freely to what might be seen as a filmmaker's baser... Read the review

andrew-schenker rated Michael

4 stars

liam-lacey added a review of Michael

Dreadful as the subject matter is, the authenticity of the performances and the skill of Schleinzer's filmmaking are difficult to deny in this portrait of a monster as the bland guy next ... Read the review

liam-lacey rated Michael

8 stars

TylerDurden rated Michael