GOOD, BUT OVERRATED AS WELL

Rating: 6/10 (27 January 2018)

Michael Haneke likes to make his movies long, slow and painful, so the story about the group of children that rain havoc in a desolated German village in the wake of the First World War doesn't differ much from that.
However, besides the deviation and genuine disturbed characters that this story unravels, there isn't much to offer to viewer when it comes to script writing.
Acting will be trademark quality, as in all of Haneke's flicks, especially when it comes to children.
On the other hand, the very end will be abrupt, without the expected climax and a conclusive wrap up of tension being built from the beginning of the movie.
''The White Ribbon'' is a good European drama, but not an excellent one critics say.