The Plagues of Breslau

I found this a little bit of a cross between "Se7en" and "Girl with a Dragon Tattoo". Within five minutes, my phone was down and the movie had ensnared me.

Our intelligent yet churlish protagonist, (nice when they're not perfect or even friendly), jars the opening scenes with her aberrant behaviour. The swings are so opposingly stark between moods, all unpleasant- that it is a too intriguing hook by the director. Even before the first body drops. Now, I am too engaged by the protagonist's wit and motivations to care where my phone is.

The pacing and action match well to the context and storyline. Nearly all characters have been developed extremely well in the short amount of time given for a movie.

A few plot twists were pleasantly surprising which is always rather lovely.

Did watch it dubbed as I enjoy reading and hearing all the parts lost in English translation.

Overall, I found the movie intelligent, witty, and well written. The actors were great to watch. This movie has been far better than anything I have thus seen this year. Perhaps not in scale, budget, etc. However it was a welcoming change as an audience member, not to be treated as an imbecile for once, (or marketed to as if I would be on my phone the entire time.)