ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

rncolbath I have avoided foreign films due subtitles all my 58 years, no more, films with them are as good as movies you don't need them for, don't be turned off due subtitles, "In Darkness" ranks up there with Anne Frank's Diary, if your History oriented and wish to see what those pore soles went threw, this is my 2nd subtitle film, I now have six others lined up to watch and will watch having gotten over the stigma of subs, if you felt some thing for Anne Franks story please, please give in to this movie, you will not in any way be turned off due the subtitles unless your still stigmatized with the fact of reading and understanding what your watching, very few places in this one are you over whelmed with reading to understand, a very meaningful true or based on a true story movie, a very much must watch

Diana Gonzalez Of course it is not a new "Schindler's List" as the protagonist is of a much smaller dedication in my opinion. This is not like "The Pianist", since the movie does not have the talent of Adrien Brody. I believe a lot of people including myself understand that it is not a GREAT movie. But still it's full of emotions, regrets, memories that many of us don't want to accept actually. I am absolutely convinced that the military drama must keep some traces (conclusions) in reasonable people's minds. If a trace wasn't left, then, the filming team did not cope with the task. No doubts this film did cope. So the conclusion is pretty simple: it is not a great but a GOOD military drama about Poland, Nazis, genocide, horror, dignity and of course love.I usually say about on-war movies that it is necessary to watch them, to remember and to be desperately willing (or to pray if you are a believer) to a similar never happens again. Never ever.7 of 10

paul2001sw-1 It's an obvious understatement to say that World War Two brought out the worst in people; but in some cases, it brought out the best, men like Oscar Schindler who, though of no previous special moral character, risked their own lives rather than be complicit in murder. Agnieszka Holland's 'In Darkness' tells a less celebrated tale, of a Polish sewer engineer who hid a family of Jews underground for a year and saved them from certain death by risking his own life. The broad boundaries of the tale are familiar: mixed motives, bravery, squalor, and a backdrop of near unimaginable horror. How to make this watchable is the next challenge, and Holland doesn't wholly succeed: there's not quite enough that is particular to this story to offset the general misery (to my mind, Polanski's 'The Pianist' remains the single most riveting film of the Holocaust, for exactly the reason that the story it tells is so personal). Still, there are gripping moments, especially where the hero is nearly accidentally betrayed by his daughter. And it's a reminder that some of us have been blessed, so far at least, not to live in interesting times.

tomboneill34 Director Holland follows a cliché that has become very shopworn; cinema schools should do what that can to outlaw it. As antidote, instructors should repeat as often as needed: "Don't film in the dark." I know the temptation. The director or screenwriter will say, "Let's make the film very mysterious. We will film in such a way the audience will hardly know who is talking or where they are. The intense confusion of the audience will lead the audience inexorably into the terrible frustration and confusion of the film's characters." Sounds plausible. And when Shakespeare produces the ghost of Hamlet's father in the darkness of night, the staging is effective. That however is because the darkness is a brief interruption in the light; there's dramatic contrast. When darkness becomes a dominant cliché, the contrast is lost, and the effect is boring. The audience tends to wonder when the director is going to get back to work. Also, what Aristotle regards as the indispensable identity of the audience with the characters becomes very difficult to generate. IN DARKNESS is a poorly made film about an important subject.