The tale he has to tell is a fascinating one, and it is illustrated by some truly remarkable images.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The tale he has to tell is a fascinating one, and it is illustrated by some truly remarkable images.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The posturing and overly theatrical nature of the delivery is going to make or break the experience for many.

~ Luke Shaw -

The posturing and overly theatrical nature of the delivery is going to make or break the experience for many.

~ Luke Shaw -

Beneath the cover of portraying the generalised horrors of war, the film is more subtly critical of America's conduct in both the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq.

~ Max Crawford -

Beneath the cover of portraying the generalised horrors of war, the film is more subtly critical of America's conduct in both the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq.

~ Max Crawford -

Everything comes to life under Herzog's gaze, but rarely has he revealed so much of himself directly.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Everything comes to life under Herzog's gaze, but rarely has he revealed so much of himself directly.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is brilliant.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is brilliant.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Herzog's film does not follow the documentary conventions - would you expect anything different from him?

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Herzog's film does not follow the documentary conventions - would you expect anything different from him?

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a poetic documentary, a reverie, in which partitioned themes offer differing perspectives on the whole.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a poetic documentary, a reverie, in which partitioned themes offer differing perspectives on the whole.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is one of Herzog's best documentaries, possibly because his subject matter strays close to the boundaries of fiction.

~ Trinity -

This is one of Herzog's best documentaries, possibly because his subject matter strays close to the boundaries of fiction.

~ Trinity -

After a string of vulgar performances in awful films, Tim Roth here makes a stunning return to form as the cabaret owner and hypnotist, courageously portraying an ambitious and frightened man whose life is dominated by the secrets he keeps.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An intriguing if uneven journey into a strange, violent and very sad part of modern America.

~ Owen Van Spall -

An intriguing if uneven journey into a strange, violent and very sad part of modern America.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Anyone who has seen Herzog's Fitzcarraldo will know of the director's fascination with doomed quests and magnificent obsessions, and in Treadwell he has found his dream subject.

~ The Exile -

Anyone who has seen Herzog's Fitzcarraldo will know of the director's fascination with doomed quests and magnificent obsessions, and in Treadwell he has found his dream subject.

~ The Exile -

Part of Herzog's genius has always been his ability to persuade strangers to tell their stories plainly and directly, with not a hint of self-consciousness, providing unusually intimate access to their lives.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Part of Herzog's genius has always been his ability to persuade strangers to tell their stories plainly and directly, with not a hint of self-consciousness, providing unusually intimate access to their lives.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For a director obsessed with "the real", Herzog's script begs for a dose of plausibility.

~ The Hoodler -

For a director obsessed with "the real", Herzog's script begs for a dose of plausibility.

~ The Hoodler -

The situations highlight a sense of existential loneliness in the modern world that might come with specifically Japanese trappings but which many elsewhere will recognise the emotional truth of.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The situations highlight a sense of existential loneliness in the modern world that might come with specifically Japanese trappings but which many elsewhere will recognise the emotional truth of.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What he’s talking about and looking for is oddity masquerading as normality.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What he’s talking about and looking for is oddity masquerading as normality.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Bleak, stripped down and haunting.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Bleak, stripped down and haunting.

~ Owen Van Spall -

If there is anybody who can provide insight into the lives of those long-vanished it must be Herzog.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If there is anybody who can provide insight into the lives of those long-vanished it must be Herzog.

~ Jennie Kermode -

No film by Herzog has ever been so defiantly mainstream – and yet at the same time this remains one of the director's craziest, most outlandish affairs.

~ Anton Bitel -

No film by Herzog has ever been so defiantly mainstream – and yet at the same time this remains one of the director's craziest, most outlandish affairs.

~ Anton Bitel -

Breathtakingly visual and epic in its ambitions.

~ Gary Duncan -

Breathtakingly visual and epic in its ambitions.

~ Gary Duncan -