Petzold has made a expertly tuned genre piece, one whose pulpiness-guns, face changes, a danger-laced nightlife-doesn't conflict with its more serious aims, and whose deep real-world resonance doesn't compromise its dramatic economy
for its quiet sense of mystery and art-house appeal, Phoenix might be this year’s Ida
a splendid work of mourning and melodrama
by Farran Smith Nehme [New York Post ]
