The Berlin File 2013

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: As soon as "The Berlin File" takes flight with its exhilarating action set pieces, memories of any muddles evaporate amid the tension and vivid engagement with settings, from courtyards to fields. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: There is something sharp, exciting and more original tucked within "The Berlin File" - and it is in moments a sleek, crackling film - but it all feels somehow misshapen. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: The story feels fairly perfunctory - not to mention unnecessarily knotty - but the well-connected leads do their best to ground it. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: The Berlin File benefits from gritty surroundings that add a cold war realism to this otherwise confusing tale of conflicted loyalties and secret agendas. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Everything here, except the action scenes, [feels] sluggish and rote. Read more

Scott Foundas, Village Voice: [A] formulaic but solid Cold War-style spy thriller, with North Korea pinch-hitting for the Soviet Union. Read more