A taut and twisty thriller whose surprises genuinely surprise and whose shocks genuinely shock.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 5, 2019

As directed by Giuseppe Capotondi with little more than a chilled eye for sleek surfaces, the rug-pulling games make for mental chewing gum that quickly loses its flavor.

| Jan 9, 2018

While the twists and turns in "The Double Hour" indeed achieve the level of Messrs. Shyamalan and Amenbar in top form, they nevertheless reek of gimmickry.

| Oct 7, 2015

Too many of the film's curiosities are explained away with a cliched device, but Capotondi has created an unsettling mood which creeps beneath the skin.

| Original Score: B | Sep 3, 2013

most of The Double Hour doesn't really need to exist in order for the viewer to process the impact of the finale

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 27, 2012

Ambitious and intelligent, expect to see a Hollywood remake.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 14, 2011

Every 10 minutes, writer-director Giuseppe Capotondi reshuffles his narrative deck of cards and deals the audience a completely new hand. Just when you think you're ahead of the game, you've been played for a sucker.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 6, 2011

Don't let anyone spill the beans and tell you too much before you get a chance to sit through all the twists and turns in this mind-blowing experience.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 29, 2011

The final resolution is easily forgotten, more of an afterthought than anything else. The fun is in the twisting, absurd journey, not the destination.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 29, 2011

There are only so many times a thriller can reveal that everything you thought you knew was wrong before it becomes fundamentally untrustworthy.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 14, 2011

The Double Hour obviously wants to be compared to efforts by the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Brian De Palma and Christopher Nolan, but it's ultimately like watching a child clamoring to sit at the table of the grownups.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 18, 2011

It keeps you off-balance, constantly assessing and reassessing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 16, 2011

A twisty thriller that keeps you engaged for the duration, but in the final analysis proves not nearly as smart or clever as it thinks it is.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 10, 2011

The Double Hour is ultimately a mystery box that lacks a treasure at its core.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 10, 2011

It's so entertainingly convoluted that the minute it ends, you want to watch it again to see if it plays fair.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 10, 2011

It's a Moebius strip of a tale about two equally suspicious people who appear to fall in love.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 9, 2011

Capotondi's debut is a twisty-turny psychological thriller suggesting he's someone to watch. Like the genre's best - the Coens, Polanski, Hitchcock - Capotondi builds dread with wicked winks at the audience, dropping subtle surprises along the way.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 9, 2011

The movie boasts a deep, rich color palette, sensual movement and a psychological thriller angle that frightens and captivates. The only factor it's missing is a destination.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 8, 2011

A promising suspense film from Italy that loses its way not in the multiple twists of its clever narrative but in a dispiriting fog of mind games and art-house pretensions...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 6, 2011

Suffers from being too clever for its own good and too manipulative.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 6, 2011