Following the start of the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in The Hague, the release here of the political thriller Storm couldn't be more timely.
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The New York TimesStephen Holden
The New York TimesStephen Holden
For a political thriller, Storm is remarkably restrained. There are no flashbacks to the wars in the Balkans or to the atrocities in the hotel.
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Time Out
Time Out
Storm’s remarkable poignancy is made all the more palpable by its restraint.
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VarietyDerek Elley
VarietyDerek Elley
A potentially gripping legal thriller about what happens when Western Europe attempts to solve Central European problems ends up as dull entertainment in Storm.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
The writing by director Hans-Christian Schmid (Requiem) and Bernd Lange is more stilted and righteous than even the U.N. environs, with its humanity-embracing procedural-speak, calls for.
