Daring and edgy, it's a German co-production (critical for avoiding censorship) that's filled with the intoxicating excitement of creating images for the screen.
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
The film is energized by the naturalness of its characters and the way in which it plays a game of mixed signals and double illusions.
75
Miami Herald
Miami Herald
Deliciously confusing.
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
This intriguing film is the best variation on "Vertigo" since Brian DePalma's far more polished "Obsession" (1976), which ranks with the best Hitchcock knockoffs of all time.
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Has more atmosphere than it does coherence; it's a series of floating tricks and gambits in search of a resolution. Even so, Ye's ''Vertigo'' fever is contagious.
50
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
A ghost story that's shot as though it were a documentary -- and a documentary that feels like a dream. Almost too fashionable for its own good.