Like a blood ballet or a death dance, the graphic choreography on display here is, at times, as stunning as the fact this 2-hour plus film was shot in one, single take. A magnificent accomplishment and a good film, to boot.

Before you watch this movie, a tip: if you don't understand German, watch it without subtitles, it's a completely different experience. [spoiler]I felt like I watched two different movies. At first I started to watch with full subtitles, so by the time I reached 1 hour into the movie, while they were rehearsing the heist, I thought the movie was pretty average, other than the exceptional one-take aspect that we all know about. So I thought to myself: what if I watch it like Victoria? That whole heist rehearsal scene would be completely different and confusing, which I think is something that Victoria might be thinking and feeling. So I look it up online and saw that some people recommend watching without subtitles. So I started to watch the film again, and it was nothing like the first time. Sure, you don't understand 80% of the dialog, but you get something else, you get to experience what Victoria is going through, she also don't understand German, so other than the Sonne translation, you have no clue about what is happening, and to me that's the best part of this movie, to experience exactly what Victoria is going through, to discover with her what is happening, to feel confused just like she is feeling, trying to understand things through their body language, through some words that are similar to English. It gave to me a whole new perspective. But since I only discovered this halfway through the movie, the experience was kinda ruined for me, so for that I'll only give 7/10[/spoiler]

Filmed in one shot, this is film is actually more than a one-trick-pony. Wonderful shots of Berlin nightlife and outdoors scenes, remarkable acting and grand writing. It all came together in a sweet, distasteful and grand way. I really enjoyed this film.

The film is a wonderful experience, we watched without subs and you feel like you're experiencing it all from Victoria's PoV. There's so many comments about bad script and plot, it's almost like nobody here has gone on a drunken night out. I've been in a handful of situations in my life where the tension has escalated between locals and my group of friends in a foreign country on late nights out that meander into one event after the other and this made me feel like I was back in those moments. Spoiler, we didn't rob a bank... I was stuck to the screen all the way through, captivating viewing.

What an utterly mediocre and over-hyped flick. I should have seen the warnings signs when someone tries to push a movie on you BECAUSE IT*S DONE IN ONE TAKE that really doesn't say anything about the movie. As someone pointed out there acting is quite good at times but it's impossible to feel anything for the naive and imbecile characters. Honestly, don't watch at all.