Video Review

CODE UNKNOWN (2002)

EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Aug 06, 2002; With: Juliette Binoche and Thierry Neuvic

Director Michael Haneke (The Piano Teacher) depends perhaps too heavily on the viewer to stitch together a series of vignettes that eventually interweave (though they never quite connect). There are some amazing moments, however -- French kids find a joyous African drumbeat, a disconsolate farmer shoots his cattle, a woman (Binoche) is harrassed by an Arab on the metro -- that justify the effort, and there's something gratifying about having to work a little to enjoy a movie.

Originally posted Aug 09, 2002 Published in issue #666 Aug 09, 2002 Order article reprints

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