I won't say it touched my heart the way I thought it would, as Haneke just stays so cold. But it absolutely riveted the intellectual film snob in me, marveling as every single decision was so precise and so on the money.

And when you compare it to, say, Silver Linings Playbook, which is tremendously sloppy, or even films I really liked such as Beasts of the Southern Wild, with its emotional imagery explosion, or Zero Dark Thirty, with its intentional methodical pacing? It's so different. Haneke takes the time to choose every line, shot, and movement with amazing intention. It's fun to watch. (Not fun, but, you know.)