In the Fade

chanandre

"Any other jobs you have..?" (pause)*looks him dead in the eye* "M U T T E R."//What does one do with a broken heart? Mend it? Course not. One suicides it up into a million pieces so no one else will ever break it again. Got gut-punched hard. Don't care if she doesn't get an Oscar nod in a coupla days. She already won at Cannes: way more prestigious & filmy. Her performance is absolutely haunting & one for the books.

Matthew Martens

Diane Kruger's committed, compelling performance, by affording her character some--but not all; that would be asking too much--of the depth and nuance that Akin's latest otherwise lacks, makes it worth sticking with (if only just). The film's first two sections enact the most convenient, reflexive manichaeism available to Western liberalism, while its finale's stab at ambiguity neither convinces nor coheres.

Ethan

Diane Kruger gives an incredible and powerful performance in this intense drama that will have you on the edge of your seat the whole way through and offers up some hard questions on loss, grief, vengeance, and the amount of importance we put on other peoples lives and how well the justice system works and what really is justice.

msmichel

Powerful film featuring a staggering performance by Diane Kruger that is a complete return to form for director Fatih Akin. What could have been a generic courtroom or revenge film becomes so much more with Akin's detailed scripting and Kruger's thoughtful and complex turn.

Kamran

An exemplary procedural centers this thoughtful reflection on violence in society and the bureaucracy which surrounds its. 85/100 - Excellent (4.5)

VENIMOS LOS JODIMOS Y NOS FUIMOS

Este film de Fatih Akin es una cruda reflexión sobre las deficiencias legales en la impartición de justicia y los crimenes de odio raciales en la Alemania actual, señalando los mutuos prejuicios y el racismo provienentes de todos los sectores de la sociedad en ese país. La cinta marca también la primera ocasión en que la actriz Diane Kruger obtiene el rol estelar en una producción hablada en su idioma natal.

Carlos Filipe Freitas

In The Fade was conceived with strong performances and never softens up, even when giving signs of momentarily wobbling. (3.5 stars)

Sean Patrick Stevens

Not as brutal as some of the director's other films but definitely an absorbing film anchored by a great lead performance.