An expertly constructed thriller that never rises above the trappings of its genre.

| Original Score: 3/6 | Nov 17, 2011

Petzoid takes the Cain themes of lust and duplicity and twists them into a reflection on modern Germany, where nationalism and loyalties and identity and economics are jumbled and thrown into confusion.

| Sep 10, 2009

A taut, German-made thriller, Jerichow adds a bit of European xenophobia to the pulp traditions of passion and betrayal.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 6, 2009

This is a movie made by and for adults, and adults should consider seeing it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 17, 2009

This is silly romance. It's sillier suspense. But I'm not above saying I enjoyed it.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 3, 2009

It's easy to compare Jerichow with the films of The Postman Always Rings Twice, with the grimy gas station owner, the sexy wife and the rugged drifter, but people have a way of not behaving according to their superficial qualities.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 25, 2009

So compact and controlled is this fine film.

| May 26, 2009

Viewers will be drawn in by Jerichow even if they aren't familiar with Cain's tale and the other movies it spawned.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 15, 2009

Petzold, who has a crisp style and sharp sense of the visual, is too talented and imaginative to allow his film to become predictable.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 15, 2009

There is nonetheless something haunting about this film, a sense of desperation and defeat that seems less like a generic convention than like a genuine insight.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 15, 2009

Jerichow's sparseness, tiny cast, and minimal plot can make the film seem a little elusive, but there's a certain elegance to Petzold's concision, too. He shows all he wants us to see.

| Original Score: B+ | May 14, 2009

Cain's novel, set in Depression-era America, finds a fitting update in the impoverished titular town of northeastern Germany.

| May 13, 2009

By protracting his set-up, Petzold ... achieves and maintains an effective level of intrigue.

| May 13, 2009

We imagine his burning gaze and labored breath behind every wide shot that depicts Thomas and Laura's trysts, providing the sterile visuals with a voyeuristic intensity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 11, 2009

Jerichow is striking proof of the [Germany]'s resurgence as a hotbed of provocative new cinema.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 10, 2009