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Black Book (Zwartboek)

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(No longer in theaters)
  • Rating: R — for some strong violence, graphic nudity, sexuality and language
  • Director: Paul Verhoeven   Cast: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus
  • Running Time: 145 minutes
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Genre

Suspense/Thriller, War

Producer

Graham Begg

Distributor

Sony Picture Classics

Release Date

Apr 4, 2007

Release Notes

NY/LA

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Review

NEW YORK VIEW
That Paul (Showgirls) Verhoeven’s latest film is a WWII drama about a Dutch Jewish woman fleeing the Nazis may make some suspect that the legendary provocateur is aiming for respectability, but think again: This bloody, full-bodied thriller, with its tangle of double crosses, is a first-rate adventure, shot with the director’s characteristic immediacy and infused with more than a little of his taste for the perverse. It falls apart in the final act �but it keeps its viewer on edge for so long that any eventual missteps can be easily forgiven.