The Zone of Interest

PG-13

Released Dec 15, 2023

1h 46m

History

Drama

War

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The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

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Critics Consensus

Dispassionately examining the ordinary existence of people complicit in horrific crimes, The Zone of Interest forces us to take a cold look at the mundanity behind an unforgivable brutality.

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The Zone of Interest is a disturbing look at how easily evil can be normalized, although its slow pace will challenge some viewers.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Glazer takes a meticulously forensic approach to the pair, but it could never be said he’s putting them under a microscope. Far from it. He’s determined to keep them at a distance, perhaps afraid that a single close-up might taint the whole exercise.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 29, 2024

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

It is an extraordinary piece of filmmaking from the opening credits to the closing ones.

Rated: 4.5/5

Feb 15, 2024

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Jimmy So

The New Republic

Jonathan Glazer deliberately avoids the most familiar horrors of the Holocaust to show a further layer of inhumanity.

Feb 13, 2024

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Kayla McCulloch

Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Once it arrives at its subversive, medium-bending conclusion, it’s already cemented its status as one of the toughest, most difficult historical dramas of its era — and one of the most distinctive works of the decade so far.

Jun 11, 2024

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Chris McCoy

Memphis Flyer

The question Glazer’s remarkable film raises in the viewer is, “What atrocities do our comfortable lives allow us to ignore?”

May 21, 2024

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PJ Grisar

The Forward

Hedwig and Rudolf are hardly the haunted Macbeths. The only damned spots that concern them are those on the poorly trimmed lilac bushes on the camp’s perimeter.

May 14, 2024

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Eunice

I like that Zone of interest was not graphic. The film was illustrating what happend in the concentration camps without showing the graphic details.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/15/24

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Jake

Amazing, original film. Shocking despite a complete lack of violence.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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Philip P

After reading about the movie I was looking forward to seeing it. I was not overly impressed. It had a very powerful point to make, but it was tedious at times. Perhaps that was intended.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Jacob H

As difficult as the story is, this is a beautifully conceived and executed film. It will stay with me, in the best sense, for a long while.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Julie

A German family ignoring humanity, each in their own way, but the "sounds" from the other side of the wall were hardly discernable and of little volume. It's the story of Germans living a typical German family life with the husband ordering parts for a crematorium as if they were for a car. The only message was that day to day slaughter was ordinary business while invested with the same degree of competence and distance that surrounds business enterprises today. Basic and disappointing on a number of levels.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Jake

This movie was dope and don't yous forget

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/10/24

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Synopsis

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

Director: Jonathan Glazer
Producer: James Wilson, Ewa Puszczynska, Jim Wilson
Screenwriter: Jonathan Glazer
Distributor: A24
Production Co: A24, Access Entertainment, Film4, JW Films, Extreme Emotions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Suggestive Material|Smoking|Thematic Material)
Genre: History, Drama, War
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 15, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 20, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.7M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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