Clickonline writes: "Berberian Sound Studio is a consistently impressive film on a technical level, with a wonderful 70s period aesthetic, an engaging look behind the analogue movie veil and a stunning performance from Toby Jones. But the final act is lacking even a token level of clarity, leaving me bruised and battered but also a little bored by the experience."
Crammed with detailed craft, its appeal is further widened by dealing in universal fears: homesickness, identity, mental health. If you love movies, you’ll love this – oddly, it makes a perfect companion piece to The Artist, doing for sound what that did for silence.
Painstakingly recreating an era of full-blooded Italian horror, this niche-sounding yet accessible thriller confirms Strickland as a major talent.
