What Marina sees in Borgman is one of the countless implausibilities that make the film more annoying than disturbing.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 17, 2014

The black humour and perversity can occasionally startle, but the film takes far too much sadistic delight in punishing these entitled dopes.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 11, 2014

A creepily comical story about an insistent vagrant turned insidious home occupier.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 3, 2014

It's the hypnotic little thriller's disturbing twists that make it such a singular -- and singularly weird -- experience.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 20, 2014

The degree of ambiguity involved in this scenario imbues each new twist with claustrophobia and dread.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 20, 2014

Though it's too enigmatic for its own good and often feels like it's being made up as it goes, the Dutch import "Borgman" holds interest if only to see what might possibly happen next.

| Jun 19, 2014

"Borgman" might sound compelling in the abstract. But if you want to enjoy it and stay engaged by it for more than 10 minutes, you'll have to talk yourself into it.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 19, 2014

Filled with surreal touches and shocking scenes of black humor, Borgman steams ahead with the power and inevitability of a nightmare.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 13, 2014

At a time when modern films pummel you over the head with their intentions, van Warmerdam's ambiguity in mapping out Borgman's implacable agenda will hopefully fuel many rewarding, post-screening discussions.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2014

[An] exceptionally disturbing film ...

| Jun 6, 2014

You may find yourself chuckling at Borgman as much as you recoil at it. It's destined for cult status.

| Jun 6, 2014

"Borgman" can sometimes frustrate but it is an accomplished piece of work, driven by a uniquely malevolent tonal balance and two fantastic central performances.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 6, 2014

The story's magic is black, its perfidy driven by evil spirits.

| Jun 5, 2014

With so many outr elements and so few concrete answers, Borgman certainly has the makings of a cult film, which seems very much by design. Too much by design, arguably ...

| Original Score: B- | Jun 5, 2014

"Borgman" is a movie about the way that families fall apart without ever realizing it until the whole house collapses. Or maybe it's about psychic vampires. Maybe both.

| Jun 4, 2014

A sickening horror parable disguised as a comedy of mores, the Netherlands' "Borgman" is a rarity: a genuinely shocking, upsetting movie.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 4, 2014

The picture is fascinating for the way it introduces the kernel of an idea and then builds on it slowly, sustaining suspense rather than just leading the audience right up to the "OK, I get it" moment and running out of steam.

| Jun 3, 2014

In an era where there are very few truly surprising films, Borgman is one of the rare movies that manages to find something entirely new to say, with original, oddly drawn characters.

| Jun 3, 2014

An art-house con destined to make viewers who've ever used the term "mindf---" as praise rack their brains trying to come up with alternate readings for a film that invites many but convincingly offers none.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 2, 2014

While the film ultimately is not as satisfying as it promises to be for much of the duration, it remains bracingly creepy and off-kilter.

| Jun 2, 2014