Review of The Hunt starring Mads Mikkelsen
5/5
Now and again a movie comes along, whose powerful and disturbing images stay with you long after the credits have rolled. Now and again an extraordinary screen performance evokes such intense pain and raw emotion that you leave the theatre stunned into silence, almost numbed by the previous 115 minutes of pure cinematic genius.
Danish production, The Hunt (Jagten) is such a movie; a harrowing, deeply unsettling story of the devastating consequences for kindergarten teacher, Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen), falsely accused of molesting Klara (Anika Wedderkopp), his best friend’s daughter. Read more