The Guilty

HKFanatic

I think I'm starting to grow averse to these 'one man, one room' films and their inherently limited setups. That said, I enjoyed "The Guilty" a great deal more than 2013's similarly-executed "Locke," and the movie is aided by some of the sharpest and most immersive sound design of the year. The road to hell may be paved with good intentions, sure, but I'm just glad Asger hasn't been on the line when I've dialed 911.

saitosouta

Dir, Möller tries the hypothesis that, by eradicating information and emotion at maximum level, it gets deeply minimal and emotional at the same time. "Den Skyldige" accomplishes it in complicated, thrilling and breathtakingly taut way. With meticulous sound design, gloomy exuberance of facial expression by Jakob Cedergren give verisimilitude to this film. My ears are crying in best way possible.

Duncan Gray

In which a band of Danish filmmakers do more with one room and a series of phone calls than most Hollywood thrillers. The concept abstracts danger, making its hero both manipulator and helpless voyeur. The worst I can say is that a lot of the drama is far more ordinary than the formal concept. But it twists just when you think it's narrowing, and has something critical to say about a society of civil servants.

Filipe F. Coutinho

Moller grips his viewers with tense, skillful camerawork, a plot sprinkled with clever revelations and, ultimately, with a central moral question of no easy resolution. More than solving the mystery, The Guilty is more interested in exploring the frail psyche of its protagonist, and how even the best of intentions can lead to abuses of power with disastrous consequences.

Tigrão

A superb low-budget thriller, that possesses the rare trait of functioning almost entirely on sound and off-screen imagination.

virginwolf

What's with the hype? We've seen this right? I'm pretty sure we've seen this... either independent european one or american Sandra Bullock one or whatever one... but we've seen this... how many times do we have to see the same thing?

Palmat

Excellent thriller directed by a skillful director who makes the tried "one-location-movie" trope as tense and interesting as you could wish for. Cedergren plays the main character with both bravado and vulnerability to great effect and really captures the tragic arc of Asger. For those seeking basic thrills and entertainment need not apply because this movie goes to some very dark and disturbing places.

Kenzozo

Very simple created but effective and with minimal plot twist strikes cinema crowd right in the spot, entire movie is so minimal but so strong and in moments very shocking. 3.8