Pölsler has created a captivating and emotionally compelling parable which harks back to an era when popular sci-fi functioned as a thoughtful and vital study of contemporary issues.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 26, 2019

Pölsler creates the perfect quiet and isolated atmosphere and Gedeck really sells it. Hauntingly sad.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 14, 2018

The widescreen images of the Austrian landscape and the lovingly lit cabin interiors are unfailingly gorgeous, but Gedeck's the key asset: her fine, expressive features do almost as daunting a job as the words, words, words we hear.

| Apr 9, 2014

A heart-affecting tale of survival with a fierce and tender performance by Martina Gedeck.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 18, 2013

The Wall is nothing if not a mystery. Surely the premise would propel such a story into the realm of sci-fi and fantasy, but Plsler and Gedeck never approach the story in this way, nor do they give us any easy answers to what has really happened and why.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 5, 2013

Has any movie ever had so much gab on the soundtrack? Every confession, every philosophical tidbit of the movie's tormented female protagonist.

| Original Score: 2 stars | Sep 21, 2013

Bleak and beautiful, harrowing yet inspiring, "The Wall" ("Die Wand") is a stunning tale of isolation and survival in a wild and silent world.

| Sep 18, 2013

An elegant, slow-burning exercise in narrative minimalism.

| Sep 12, 2013

Plsler's film is quietly deliberate without ever feeling slow, thanks to a few handy assets at his disposal.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 23, 2013

It's a shudder-inducing original.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 15, 2013

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 11, 2013

If you surrender to the style and premise, it's a rich and immensely rewarding film that begs repeat viewing.

| Jul 8, 2013

The sheer quantity of voiceover - or, more likely, subtitles - acts as a barrier to deep psychological immersion.

| Jul 7, 2013

Starts with an interesting concept but goes nowhere with it, giving the viewer too little with which to relate or comprehend and asking them to mistake the clunky narrative as "deep."

| Original Score: 2.0/5.0 | Jul 5, 2013

The Wall is a riveting piece of cinema, and given it bears such a simplistic, obscure narrative, Plsler does a fine job holding down your attention throughout.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 5, 2013

A beautifully photographed and elegantly handled existential drama.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 4, 2013

A lover and a fighter. This will remind you to hold everything dear.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 4, 2013

An elegant, stunningly photographed reflection on the human condition that is as odd as it is entrancing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 4, 2013

Julian Roman Plsler's bewitching debut manages to be at once a creepy sci-fi parable, a feminist Robinson Crusoe and a clear-eyed ode to the wonders of nature experienced in solitude. Walden pond with added wall.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 4, 2013

Call it a landlocked variant on Robinson Crusoe, but it's a hypnotic one, with a sense of mystery and interior life that are all its own.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 4, 2013