Strangled: reviews

What the critics say

• Screen DailyFionnuala Halligan Strangled can lean quite heavily towards melodrama: the handsome Peter Barnai has a tendency to over-do his character?s youthful zealousness, and Réti is a particularly unsympathetic victim. Read
• The Hollywood ReporterStephen Dalton This solidly crafted true-crime story works just fine as a noir-ish police procedural with a punchy rhythm and a bracingly sour worldview. Already a prize-winning box-office hit in Hungary, Sopsits' film has clear festival appeal and possible art house theatrical potential, especially given the current small-screen vogue for subtitled murder dramas from Europe?s darker corners. Read