Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: The Zone of Interest is a chilling portrait of how comfortable people can be with evil.
- Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
- Samuel Castro @ El Colombiano [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Jonathan Glazer toma apenas la anécdota central y el título de la novela que el escritor británico Martin Amis publicó en 2014, para construir una obra completamente distinta en su carácter, mucho menos inclinada a la comedia satírica y más pensada como crítica grave
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a whole new consideration of a well worn subject…Glazer illustrates the rationalization of guilt via the human ability to compartmentalize with the most extreme example imaginable
- Marilyn Ferdinand @ Film Freedonia
- Excerpt: W what if the Holocaust were viewed as a slice of life? Papa gets up in the morning, gets into his work clothes, leaves his raucous household in the capable hands of his wife and servants, and heads off to commit state-sanctioned murder on a massive scale. How would this treatment of a mind-boggling crime against humanity affect those whose daily lives aren’t so different from this one?
- Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: This is a very intriguing look at the Holocaust from a perspective rarely seen… There’s an element of normalcy that is very unsettling.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: A drama that contemplates the human capacity for evil within an uncomfortably serene backdrop, offering a unique perspective on the Holocaust.
- Victoria Luxford @ City AM
- Excerpt: The most important film in Glazer’s already-impressive career, it’s a devastating experience.
- Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: That’s where its power to disturb lies. Not just with you acknowledging the horrific similarities to your own day-to-day, but also the characters on-screen numbing themselves to the truth with varying degrees of success.
- Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Holocaust movies rarely inspire faith in humanity but Jonathan Glazer’s subtle examination of barren decency and bureaucratic evil is a startling reminder that mass scale horror requires meticulous detail and mindless execution. Shocking, horrifying, and essential.
- [New] | Diego Salgado @ SoFilm [Spanish]
- Serena Seghedoni @ Loud and Clear Reviews
- Excerpt: a bleak, bold watch, and a holocaust drama unlike anything you’ve seen before.
- Dan Stalcup @ The Goods: Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Glazer is so deep in “art film” territory at this point that even though his mean streak of humor remains, his movies have become less rewarding to watch.
- Josh Thayer @ The Forgetful Film Critic
- Excerpt: This bloodless film about one of the bloodiest periods in human history is remarkable for the tension between what we actually see on screen and what we know is happening right on the other side of the brick wall.
- Nadine Whitney @ The Curb
- Excerpt: A mouthful of ashes. The flowers of evil in The Zone of Interest
