Incendies acquires its heft from some very deep places -- Greek tragedy rather than newsflashes.

Normally I'm against decent original stories being dumbed down and squashed into bog-standard thriller shapes. But Incendies is in dire need of some dumbing down.

It isn't easy to open out a well-respected stage play without losing a lot of its bite and subtlety.

…this might not be his best known work, but Incendies is probably Villeneuve's best film to date; if you’re willing to witness the aftermath of unspeakable events, it’s a particularly potent exploration of the twisted morality of a terrorist act…