The Hunt - Die Jagd

Translated from swedish: "The Hunt - Die Jagd" is an insanely powerful and gripping drama about how an innocent rumor can transform a community into a monster.
- Alexander Kardelo

Swedish: moviezine.se »

Translated from swedish: Mads Mikkelsen embodies every conceivable emotion in Thomas Vinterberg's chilling "The Hunt - Die Jagd", about a man who is falsely accused of pedophilia.
- Hynek Pallas

Swedish: svd.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Hunt - Die Jagd" depicts how rumors, driven by fear, can destroy not just a life but also a community. The doubt about the incident risks lingering and will torment both the accused and the accusers.
- Jan-Eje Ferling

Swedish: filmeye.se »

Translated from swedish: We who watch the film know early on how things really stand. There's no mystery to try to solve, no dramatic revelations. Yet "The Hunt - Die Jagd" is a gripping film.
- Mats Johnson

Swedish: gp.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Hunt - Die Jagd" is not a film you watch when you feel like getting in a good mood. It's an emotionally draining film that demands a lot from the viewer, but also gives back in the form of gorgeous cinematography, incredible actors, and not least a screenplay that repeatedly hits your emotions with full force.
- Erik Nilsson Ranta

Swedish: gamereactor.se »

Translated from swedish: Engaging and heavy – spiced with dark humor
- Jan-Olov Andersson

Swedish: aftonbladet.se »

Translated from swedish: Vinterberg's story has admittedly been told before, but it's still one hell of an emotional gut punch that you simply can't defend yourself against.
- Mats Bråstedt

Swedish: expressen.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Hunt - Die Jagd" nevertheless raises questions about how little it takes to make the residents of a small town want to lynch their neighbor. It's astounding that the friendship among men who grew up together, and who swim, drink and hunt together in intimate macho camaraderie is so fragile that a little girl's words can cause it to crack.
- Susanne Sigroth-Lambe

Swedish: unt.se »

Translated from swedish: "The Hunt - Die Jagd" is a film that leaves no one untouched. It is filled with darkness and shattered hopes of loyalty and friendship, and the agonizing awareness that you can never fully protect your child. It manages to illustrate both the anguish of the accused and the parents' justified concern. The civilized and humane surface cracks incredibly fast once the hunt is underway. Mads Mikkelsen convinces with his portrayal of a man whose life is shattered to pieces and who fights to restore himself.
- Agneta Hagerud

Swedish: kulturbloggen.com »

Translated from swedish: "The Hunt - Die Jagd" is not just a triumph from a storytelling perspective. All the film's components work together at the highest level to create a tight, gripping and masterful whole. Denmark has always had a culture of naturalistic acting which plays right into this film's hands.
- Franz Ung

Swedish: kulturbloggen.com »

Translated from swedish: The filmmakers aren't interested in gray areas - they have a mission: to warn against witch hunts and mass hysteria, about how thin the veneer of civilization can be, and what consequences it can have when it cracks.
- Fredrik Sahlin

Swedish: svt.se »

Translated from swedish: The subject matter is charged and the film depicts the reactions; society's witch hunt, people's herd mentality, parents' helplessness. How a preschool director's good intentions become a virus that infects everything. And how a pedophile accusation, no matter how false, is impossible to take back. Theo's choice is the hardest; should he believe his daughter or his best friend? As always, the children suffer the most, even when nothing has happened.
- Nancy Bladfält

Swedish: vk.se »

Translated from swedish: The performances are top-notch throughout. So gripping and powerful in their delivery that sometimes just a couple of desperate glances are enough to evoke pathos and intense emotional storms. Above all, Mikkelsen in the lead role and Annika Wedderkopp as little Klara deserve enormous praise.
- Mikael Stånggren

Swedish: Arbetarbladet »

Translated from swedish: It's a brilliant moral film, but you won't be surprised even once. The underlying moral is mass psychosis and what is morality? What is evil? When you mean well? And what should the means look like for the purpose?
- Caroline Ringskog Ferrada-Noli

Swedish: ng.se »

Translated from swedish: Mads Mikkelsen does a really great job in the lead role, all the anger, grief and confusion are bubbling just beneath the surface and you're just waiting for it to burst. And that's where the film's focus lies. We don't learn much about the police investigation.
- Mats Gustafsson Hedenström

Swedish: arbetet.se »

Translated from swedish: Mikkelsen is the problem
- Michael Tapper

Swedish: sydsvenskan.se »

Translated from swedish: Is this a powerful and multi-layered drama, an intelligent film full of nuances and symbolism? Is it about reality, about how we are? No. Quite the opposite. It's such a cheap and tasteless film that its good parts only amplify its bad ones.
- Fredrik Fyhr

Swedish: fredrikfyhr.se »