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Critics Consensus

Dispassionately examining the ordinary existence of people complicit in horrific crimes, The Zone of Interest forces us to take a cold look at the mundanity behind an unforgivable brutality.

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Audience Says

The Zone of Interest is a disturbing look at how easily evil can be normalized, although its slow pace will challenge some viewers.

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Christina Newland iNews.co.uk An uncompromising and chilling vision of evil unlike any other film about Nazism. Rated: 5/5 Sep 17, 2024 Full Review Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald Glazer takes a meticulously forensic approach to the pair, but it could never be said he’s putting them under a microscope. Far from it. He’s determined to keep them at a distance, perhaps afraid that a single close-up might taint the whole exercise. Rated: 4/5 Feb 29, 2024 Full Review Stephen Romei The Australian It is an extraordinary piece of filmmaking from the opening credits to the closing ones. Rated: 4.5/5 Feb 15, 2024 Full Review Brittany Patrice Witherspoon Pop Culture Reviews Despite my feelings on this feature, the film itself is great and really emphasizes the cruelty of the Holocaust even though nothing technically happens on screen, a well-intentioned decision by the filmmakers. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 26, 2024 Full Review Joe George The Progressive Rather than show fascination even as a criticism of the central characters, Glazer renders the fascists as flat, dull objects. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 19, 2024 Full Review Calum Cooper In Their Own League The brutal hook of the film is in how it demonstrates the ease in which people, given the right circumstances, can become complicit in evil. Rated: 4/5 Jul 19, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

Eunice I like that Zone of interest was not graphic. The film was illustrating what happend in the concentration camps without showing the graphic details. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/15/24 Full Review Jake Amazing, original film. Shocking despite a complete lack of violence. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/24 Full Review Philip P After reading about the movie I was looking forward to seeing it. I was not overly impressed. It had a very powerful point to make, but it was tedious at times. Perhaps that was intended. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Jacob H As difficult as the story is, this is a beautifully conceived and executed film. It will stay with me, in the best sense, for a long while. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Julie A German family ignoring humanity, each in their own way, but the "sounds" from the other side of the wall were hardly discernable and of little volume. It's the story of Germans living a typical German family life with the husband ordering parts for a crematorium as if they were for a car. The only message was that day to day slaughter was ordinary business while invested with the same degree of competence and distance that surrounds business enterprises today. Basic and disappointing on a number of levels. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Jake This movie was dope and don't yous forget Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

Director

Jonathan Glazer

Producer

James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska, Jim Wilson

Screenwriter

Jonathan Glazer

Distributor

A24

Production Co

A24, Access Entertainment, Film4, JW Films, Extreme Emotions

Rating

PG-13 (Some Suggestive Material|Smoking|Thematic Material)

Genre

History, Drama, War

Original Language

German

Release Date (Theaters)

Dec 15, 2023, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)

Feb 20, 2024

Box Office (Gross USA)

$7.7M

Runtime

1h 46m

Sound Mix

Dolby Digital

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