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Kafka does not rise to the artistic success of its subject, struggling to approximate the nightmarish absurdity that defined the author's work despite thoughtful direction by Steven Soderbergh and a gorgeous black and white color palette. Read critic reviews
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An insurance clerk (Jeremy Irons) must enter a sinister castle to solve a mystery in circa-1919 Prague.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Mystery & thriller
Original Language: English
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Producer: Stuart Cornfeld, Harry Benn
Writer: Lem Dobbs
Release Date (Theaters): original
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.6K
Runtime:
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Baltimore Pictures
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo
Mysterious and stylish but incoherent and empty, "Kafka" is a good-looking disappointment for director Steven Soderbergh. Impressive camerawork and snappy editing ensure that it won't be forgotten, but there just simply isn't enough going on to make it entertaining. The characters and story are dull, and on top of that, it's confusing.
Moody, mysterious, and measured thriller shot in beautiful black & white except for a pivotal sequence inside "the Castle." Soderbergh's best film is quite unlike any other in dropping Jeremy Irons, utterly convincing as Franz Kafka circa 1919 Prague, amidst a very Kafkaesque series of encounters. The insurance clerk's appointed assistants are two of the funniest oddball characters in film history. I last watched this 15 years ago until tonight and was completely reaffirmed why this remains one of my favorites of the 1990s.
Under appreciated Soderbergh gem.
a surreal film about kafka being stuck in his own stories; jeremy irons is wonderful to watch
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