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Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.40 out of 4 stars for Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe) Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
It is 1984 (really, it is) five years before the fall of the Berlin Wall. East Germany exists as a police state with over 300,000 of its citizens spying on one another. STASI, the secret police sets its focus on one of the only state approved play ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.32 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer) Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
The director is fortunate to have cast actors who fully embody their roles. Muehe, who once played Josef Mengele in Costa-Gavras's "Amen," has the ability to let you see far beneath his masklike countenance. Koch, dashing and intense, is entirely ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.32 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker) Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
Mühe's performance is brilliant, communicating more turmoil and pain with the droop of a lip and a flicker of the eye across an otherwise intently passive face than all the emotional storms of the cast. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Phantom Tollbooth The Phantom Tollbooth
Ah, those East German police. They were suspicious of anyone and everyone. In this story by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and set a few years before the Berlin Wall fell, a group of actors and playwrights were considered “suspicious.” An order was ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Baltimore City Paper (Lee Gardner) Baltimore City Paper (Lee Gardner)
When Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe) attends the opening night of the new play by Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), he spends the evening training his opera glasses on the audience, not the stage. A captain in the Communist-era East German secret police, the Stasi, ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Baltimore City Paper (Lee Gardner)

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Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Talking Pictures (UK) Talking Pictures (UK)
German filmmakers, in contrast to their frank portrayals of Nazi horrors, have mostly dealt with the misdeeds of the Communist system by poking fun at the bumbling apparatchiks of the GDR in comedies such as Good Bye Lenin. Interestingly, 56% of the ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Talking Pictures (UK)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for
Scary and realistic, THE LIVES OF OTHERS (DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN) follows the workings of the Secret Police, the "Statsi," in East Germany. This organization, which, we are told, had 100,000 employees, was responsible for spying on its fellow citizens ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs) PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
In East Berlin 1984, Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe) believes in what he does. A Stasi captain and surveillance expert, he implacably pursues his directive, “to know everything.” He doesn’t question what that knowledge might mean, or how it might be sha ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Film Journal International (David Noh) Film Journal International (David Noh)
The Lives of Others takes place in East Berlin, 1984, with glasnost a distant dream, a city dominated by the Stasi, the government secret police/intelligence organization which kept close tabs on the entire population. Devoted Stasi member Gerd Wiesler ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Film Journal International (David Noh)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir) Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
It's a week of riches here at Your Home for Thought-Provoking Entertainment (TM), what with the arrival of two of 2007's most-anticipated foreign films, and yet another reminder that there's a war going on over there, somewhere, which remains a political ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The Hollywood Reporter (Eric Hansen) The Hollywood Reporter (Eric Hansen)
Starts out dark and challenging then comes to a startlingly satisfying and warmly human conclusion that lingers long after the curtain has come down. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Eric Hansen)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Variety (Derek Elley) Variety (Derek Elley)
Superbly cast drama… that looks to be a solid upscale attraction wherever the special chemistry of good writing and performances is appreciated. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Variety (Derek Elley)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek) Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
It is an emotionally powerful movie that doesn't leave you when you walk out the theatre doors. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek) Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
This is a teasingly complex political thriller, but it's also a sort-of romance. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo) Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
A terrific debut film for writer-director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, The Lives of Others is set in the years just prior to the destruction of the Berlin Wall, at the height of the secret police (the Stasi, as they are known in East Germany) ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Rich Cline) Film Threat (Rich Cline)
Not only expertly captures a specific point in history, but also offers a bracing examination of human nature. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Film Threat (Rich Cline)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for About.com (Jurgen Fauth) About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
Brings the large and small betrayals of the doomed republic to paranoia-inducing life. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke) Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Good drama it is, and it's drama that raises a lot of questions, but I found it less tense than many. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eye WEEKLY eye WEEKLY
Mired in shades of grey, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s smart, difficult film is as true to the story’s internal workings as to its historical snapshot of East Germany in 1984. Mühe plays a Stasi agent, assigned to spy on two potential ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at eye WEEKLY
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter) NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
If Guillermo Del Toro's marvelous Pan's Labyrinth weren't also in the running, my first and only pick to take home this year's Best Foreign Language Oscar would be the German entry, The Lives of Others. Written and directed by Florian Henckel von ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane) Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
...let's hear it for the Academy: They got this one right. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for LYTRules.com (Luke Y. Thompson) LYTRules.com (Luke Y. Thompson)
I don't know about you, but when I hear someone say something like, "Oh, this movie isn't REALLY a monster movie -- it's actually a family drama at heart!", I just want to tell them to fuck off. Who decided that family drama audiences and monster movie ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at LYTRules.com (Luke Y. Thompson)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood.com (Betsy Bozdech) Hollywood.com (Betsy Bozdech)
Human nature trumps all in [this] thoughtful, engrossing tale of intrigue and instinct in 1980s East Germany. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Hollywood.com (Betsy Bozdech)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli) Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Its suspense builds on the fragile and nuanced business of emotional rebirth. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson) Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
The last line, the last look, the last moment: every movie lover knows that the ending can make or break a film. The Lives of Others -- which just won a very well deserved Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film -- has one of the greatest final lines of ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss) Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Will remind some of 'The Conversation,' but a closer if less obvious link is 'Fahrenheit 451': Wiesler is essentially Bradbury's conflicted 'fireman,' Montag, transported from a dystopian science-fiction future to a dystopian historical past. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Video Reviews with Joan Ellis Video Reviews with Joan Ellis
The Lives of Others” is a superb rendering of a culture both dead and alive. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck has written and directed this film that unfolds in the Orwellian state of East Germany in 1984 when the secret police, the Stasi, cast a ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Video Reviews with Joan Ellis
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Richmond Times-Dispatch (Daniel Neman) Richmond Times-Dispatch (Daniel Neman)
The ending is important to "The Lives of Others." At two or three other places, it could have ended and been a completely different movie, though nearly as good. But Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, making an extraordinary debut as a writer-director, ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Richmond Times-Dispatch (Daniel Neman)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson) Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Pan's Labyrinth deserved to win the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar, of course, but the Academy's selection of The Lives of Others hardly qualifies as an outrage. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews) New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
A riveting drama about playwright Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), his actress girlfriend Christa-Maria (Martina Gedeck) and the Stasi agent who has wired their apartment and is spying on them in East Berlin. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese) Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
If the story of a stodgy but conflicted Stasi captain gives sympathy to a historical devil, it also allows for an intriguing angle on the evergreen cinematic theme of voyeurism. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw) Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
It has a heart you believe in and a working brain to match. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson) Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Few would deny that The Lives of Others is true to its self, and in its depiction of human nature -- and human spirit. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy) Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
It is Ulrich Muhe's portrayal of Wiesler that makes the film such an impressively humane political thriller. The muted shifts in Wiesler's character suggest that when you truly engage the lives of others, you open yourself to profound change. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Urban Cinefile (Urban Cinefile Critics) Urban Cinefile (Urban Cinefile Critics)
There's nothing subtle or restrained about the themes of The Lives Of Others, as it explores oppression and personal liberty under the Secret Police in 80s East Germany. Yet this heart-jolting film from first time writer/director Florian Henkel von ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Urban Cinefile (Urban Cinefile Critics)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly) South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)
Von Donnersmarck's story is not without a blatant non-Communist calling card, or even a moment or two of melodrama. But he zeroes in on the value of the individual in an era where such a value was not supposed to exist. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern) Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
Stalin, as someone notes in "The Lives of Others," liked to call writers "engineers of the human soul." It was an ignorant notion, as well as a malevolent one. Souls resist engineering, and writers -- at least those worth getting excited about -- work ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews) New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
A riveting drama about playwright Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), his actress girlfriend Christa-Maria (Martina Gedeck) and the Stasi agent who has wired their apartment and is spying on them in East Berlin. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for
Scary and realistic, THE LIVES OF OTHERS (DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN) follows the workings of the Secret Police, the "Statsi," in East Germany. This organization, which, we are told, had 100,000 employees, was responsible for spying on its fellow citizens in ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Time Out Time Out
This remarkably assured first feature, set mostly in East Berlin during the mid-1980s, chronicles the consequences of the Minister of Culture’s decision to investigate the lives of a successful playwright and his actress wife; those profoundly ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Time Out
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Nation (Stuart Klawans) The Nation (Stuart Klawans)
They come out of Europe during Oscar season, wreathed in more than a dozen awards. The Lives of Others, from Germany, tells of suffering in the East during the 1980s, as supervised by the GDR's secret police. Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams, from ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at The Nation (Stuart Klawans)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Time Out New York (Melissa Anderson) Time Out New York (Melissa Anderson)
Set on the cusp of the Cold War’s thaw-out, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s debut feature revisits an East Germany whose surveillance system would make the NSA emerald green with envy. These were the glory days of the Stasi, the German Democratic ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Time Out New York (Melissa Anderson)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Indiewire Indiewire
Curiously - or perhaps not - the four decades of economic hardship and political oppression endured by the citizens of the former German Democratic Republic have, in the years since reunification, given way to "Ostalgie," a pervasive nostalgia for life ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Indiewire
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson) Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Set in East Berlin circa 1984, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's feature debut -- a 2006 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee -- is a careful listener and a quiet observer, telling the tale of the fascinating tête-à-tête between playwright Georg ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for allesfilm.com (Christiane Kalss) allesfilm.com (Christiane Kalss)
Der recht regimeunkritisch anmutende Schriftsteller Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) lebt mit seiner Freundin, der Schauspielerin Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck), im Ostberlin der 80-er Jahre ein Künstlerleben zwischen Konfrontation mit den ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at allesfilm.com (Christiane Kalss)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf) Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
A powerful new film from Germany, “The Lives of Others,” shown at the 2006 Toronto international Film Festival, zeroes in on life under the Stasi secret police before the Berlin wall came down. Wrtten and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (A.O. Scott) The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
''The Lives of Others'' is haunted by a piece of music called ''Sonata for a Good Man,'' composed for the film by Gabriel Yared and, at the same time, magically familiar to some of its characters. Like the story that surrounds it -- a suspenseful, ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Noel Murray) The Onion (A.V. Club) (Noel Murray)
von Donnersmarck gives his debut feature, The Lives Of Others, no particular style, and the absence of visual risk-taking renders an exciting premise ponderous and stolid. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Noel Murray)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Cutting Edge Cutting Edge
DDR, Oost–Berlijn, 1984. De muur scheidt West van Oost. Iedereen wordt geleefd door de Stasi, de Oost–Duitse geheime politie. Hun belangrijkste taak: ervoor zorgen dat de ideologie van het nationaalsocialisme wordt nageleefd en nagestreefd. Concreet ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Cutting Edge
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Gerd Weisler (Ulrich Muhe), a quietly ruthless interrogator for the secret police (i.e., the Stasi, with an enormous network of 200,000 informants whose job it was to learn everything possible about "the lives of others"), is assigned to wiretap the ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Plume Noire Plume Noire
It's not hard to believe that The Lives of Others became an audience fave on the festival circuit as director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's debut mixes politics, art and morals in a sober mainstream film led by a strong cast. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Plume Noire
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Jolie Williamson) Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Jolie Williamson)
Set in 1984, the film tells the story of a dedicated agent of the Stasi -- the East German secret police -- who is spying on a playwright. But instead of concentrating on bringing about the writer's downfall, Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe) becomes fascinated by ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Jolie Williamson)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Political Film Society Political Film Society
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der anderen), directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, is a German film that depicts life in East Germany. When the movie begins, titles reveal that the secret police numbered 100,000 and informants were 200,000. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Political Film Society
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Muhe plays Gerd Weisler, a no-nonsense captain in the secret police. The year is 1984, and the security apparatus is a well-oiled machine that combines betrayal and coercion with electronic surveillance. Even the most seemingly ardent communist can be ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for PopMatters PopMatters
Within days, Wiesler and his team set up an elaborate system of surveillance, with microphones carefully hidden throughout the artist’s apartment. For weeks after, Wiesler sits with headphones encasing his face and a journal in front of him, dutifully ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at PopMatters
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum) Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
The fictional story here, set between 1984 and 1991, focuses on the investigation of a popular and patriotic playwright (Sebastian Koch); that the captain assigned to his case (touchingly played by Ulrich Mühe) is mainly sympathetic and working ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (J. Hoberman) Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
A compelling thriller but an unsatisfying character drama. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Comingsoon.net Comingsoon.net
In 1949, George Orwell's novel "1984" predicted that people would be constantly watched by a "Big Brother" government. In this country, it's taken 20 extra years for the government to take a cue from the classic sci-fi novel, but the haunting resemblance ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Comingsoon.net
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Reeler (Michelle Orange) Reeler (Michelle Orange)
Von Donnersmarck proves himself beyond doubt, moving with purpose toward a grace note of quiet benediction. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Reeler (Michelle Orange)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for New York Magazine (David Edelstein) New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
A s Gerd Wiesler, a masterful interrogator in the East German secret police (the “Stasi”) and the fulcrum of the fraught melodrama The Lives of Others, Ulrich Mühe gives a marvelously self-contained performance. There isn’t an ounce of fat on his b ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for artechock (Rüdiger Suchsland) artechock (Rüdiger Suchsland)
Es gibt einen Moment, so ungefähr in der Mitte von DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN, da weint Gerd Wiesler. Es ist nur eine einzige lange Träne, die stumm und kalt am Nasenflügel dieses harten Mannes hinunter flieÃźt, dessen übriges Gesicht dabei nahezu ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at artechock (Rüdiger Suchsland)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Cinematical (Martha Fischer) Cinematical (Martha Fischer)
At the center of The Lives of Others is Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe), a quietly proud Stasi officer who has spent his life and career in unquestioning service of the East German government. His service is not blind: Wiesler is a man who serves with full ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Cinematical (Martha Fischer)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison) San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
There's been a lot of buzz about "The Lives of Others" since its nomination for the foreign film Oscar. In my world, this wouldn't win it, but neither would "Pan's Labyrinth" or "Water," the only other nominees I have seen. My choice wasn't nominated. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at San Diego Metropolitan (Jean Lowerison)
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Beloved in its homeland (and recently nominated for a Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar), The Lives of Others is the first feature by 33-year-old writer-director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, whose Oxford education in philosophy, political science, ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic
There's a similar restraint at work in the dramatic arc of The Lives of Others, which has won numerous awards in Europe and is nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film. The antagonists, a famous playwright and the Stasi officer assigned to eavesdrop ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at The Arizona Republic
Lives of Others, The (2007) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis) Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
The formal mechanisms are so obvious and impersonal that they flatten our modes of thinking and feeling almost as much as the propaganda films that a regime like East Germany's would have approved. ...read the complete Lives of Others movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
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