The Statement - Am Ende einer Flucht

Ein langsamer, distanzierter und vielleicht auch langer Film, der aber nie uninteressant wird. Michael Caine spielt eine sehr interessante Figur von einem Kriegsverbrecher, der abwechselnd Sympathie und Abscheu erregt. Die energische Tilda Swinton, die das Unentwirrbare entwirrt, hat mir auch sehr gefallen. (06.03.2016)

A well-made movie that has one problem that you have to get over: that it’s so terribly dragged out. However the screenplay failed to milk much from attractive subject matter and overall the movie would have benefited from being cut shorter than its rather over-the-top two-hour running time. Caine and the other actors give us just their standard, rather than any unforgettable performances and so it is a relatively decent, albeit needlessly mediocre movie which certainly could have turned out significantly better. (03.12.2005)