In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts) [Sub: Eng]

This German political-courtroom-revenge thriller features powerhouse work by Diane Kruger in a flawed package.

"In the Fade" is a tragedy in three acts, their varying tone and effectiveness held together, however tenuously, by a powerhouse performance.

Because of Kruger, In the Fade maintains a daunting level of emotional truth to the last.

It's a deeply unsettling film - delivering a message that can't be ignored.

Kruger's performance is grueling, heart-rending.

It offers no easy solutions or quick uplift, yet there's still a movie-of-the-week feel to the proceedings, which seem to offer topicality without context.

Diane Kruger puts in a largely overlooked career-best performance in In the Fade.

... it's such a well-made, fantastically acted work that its last-minute prestige-season spin-out is dumbfounding.

...an important film. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rigorous, taut and, despite its intense subject matter, restrained.

[Director Fatih] Akin knows how to portray the social climate - he has done it in almost all his productions. [Full review in Spanish]

You could see this as leaving the ultimate verdict up to the audience. Or, more cynically, you could feel that his desire to make a big statement still exceeds anything in particular he wants to say.