for Time Out, Dave Calhoun too drew attention to the meticulous cinematography and signature shot lengths of Tarr's "austere and mesmeric" film, and declared Swinton's dubbing into Hungarian one of the festival's strangest instances of cultural displacement. Reporting from Cannes, The Guardians Peter Bradshaw described the film as "bizarre and lugubrious, but mesmeric", and praised the muted performance of Agi Szirtes in the role of Brown's wife as "strangely compelling". Reviewing the film following its theatrical release, he found the dubbed dialogue affected and odd, the score doom-laden, the occasional humour mordant, and the cinematography mesmerising, remarking that net effect was "unsettling, sometimes absurd, sometimes stunning". Ed Gonzalez of The Village Voice concluded that the film "stands as an example of style for the sake of pure and intense but dispassionate style". References External links The Man from London at the Cannes Film Festival Trailer at Cineuropa.org Interview with Tarr from May 23, 2007 at Cineuropa.org 2007 crime drama films German crime drama films 2007 films French black-and-white films German black-and-white films Hungarian black-and-white films Films based on Belgian novels Films based on works by Georges Simenon Films based on crime novels Films directed by Béla Tarr Film noir Films shot in France Films shot in Haute-Corse French crime drama films Remakes of French films Hungarian-language films English-language German films English-language French films English-language Hungarian films 2000s French-language films Police detective films Films with screenplays by László Krasznahorkai 2000s French films 2000s German films