The Double Hour

"Not so much a genre movie as a movie that switches between genres -- and comes out on top."

"The attentive viewer may want to keep an eye out for a red bedspread and study closely a priest who keeps showing up. It may also be useful to wonder why a Slovenian emigrant to Turin is teaching herself Spanish. It won't explain everything but it will add to the thrill of an entertaining ride."

"For what makes this tale something more than a puzzle to be solved is a level of emotional impact that genre exercises don't often provide, emotion traceable to sensitive acting that is similarly rare."

"A smart psychological thriller with the one fatal flaw that Slavic women in Italian television and cinema must be dark, tormented characters who hardly ever smile. In a criminal caper with a twist, this actually works against the story."

"Pretty to look at, making good use of the scenery in and around Turin; if nothing else, the runaway plot keeps the movie unpredictable."