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Haneke goes far beyond pushing emotional buttons into territory where our most visceral fears lurk.

Unsettles us by exposing our own voyeuristic tendencies and sadomasochistic urges.

As usual, Haneke never lets us forget the artifice of what we are watching.

Haneke once again delivers intellectual, challenging and bravura filmmaking.

It takes your blood and sticks it in the freezer.

Haneke is a master of his material, revealing just enough to keep the viewer on tenterhooks but not enough to give an easy explanations.

Hidden is no conventional mystery and viewers searching for straightforward answers to the questions that it raises are likely to be disappointed.

The question mark is whether, perhaps, Haneke's methods here might actually have proven too alienating and thereby to ironically mirror the very culture of non-communication and emotional deadness he seeks to critique.

Haneke documents the humiliation and the desire, as a newsman might report a suicide. He is careful not to intrude and yet insistent on seeing everything.

A shattering indictment of contemporary society.

It is easy to admire Haneke's skill as a filmmaker, but harder to enjoy the experience.

The slippery nature of the morality on show coupled with the shifting sands of the narrative makes this an uneasy watch - yet it is also a beautiful and masterfully constructed film.