Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Jun 24, 2025 4/5

It's an indecently gripping movie, undeniably about colonial guilt and the legacy of the Algerian War. But, equally, by the film’s closing credits multiple questions remain.

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Dave Giannini InSession Film Feb 20, 2024

Caché is not a movie you simply like or hate. It makes you question yourself, your own memories, and the purpose of genre as a whole.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Feb 14, 2022 4/4

What makes Cache different is how brilliantly Haneke transforms the viewer into the author and participant, but then also weaves those intentions into the thematic consequence of the picture.

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Tom Meek Cambridge Day Jul 28, 2020 3.5/4

Another great French mystery that's more psychological than thrilling.

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Catherine Shoard Daily Telegraph (UK) Feb 12, 2020

Austrian sadist Michael Haneke's most mainstream film to date is this exquisitely calibrated and jittery thriller.

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Betsy Sherman Arts Fuse Aug 9, 2017

Michael Haneke's sharp and timely thriller explores how the shadows of a man's past can come back to haunt him with a vengeance.

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Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) Mar 5, 2011 4/5

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Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Sep 25, 2010 4/4

Coming from a guy who sliced private parts onscreen long before Lars von Trier, "Cache" is restrained. But Michael Haneke skillfully, slowly twists the knife on those who would so carelessly forget a decision that forever altered the life of someone else.

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Simon Weaving Screenwize Oct 10, 2009 4.5/5

Many things are hidden in the layers of this brilliantly clever mystery from Michael Haneke: the truth, the point of view from which the story is told, the political references and, most intriguingly, the ending. Which is not to say you can't find them. B

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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Aug 30, 2009

Another step towards replacing facile jolts with compassionate scrutiny

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Jean-François Vandeuren Panorama Aug 20, 2008 9/10

Michael Haneke est visiblement un cinéaste qui adore mettre son public à rude épreuve.

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Robert Davis Paste Magazine Jun 8, 2008 4.5/5

Michael Haneke's aptly named Caché (Hidden) is the kind of movie that fully engages the mind of the viewer. It's a multi-layered, open-ended thriller, an onion sliced by taut piano wire.

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Christopher Campbell Cinematical Sep 18, 2007 4.5/5

Haneke doesn't just communicate anything to be left up to the viewer; he stacks up many ideas for the viewer to pick through.

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Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses Sep 10, 2006 4/5

Haneke's most accessible film, wraps the viewer up in its cinematic universe and makes him feel the menace breathing dows his neck

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Leo Goldsmith Not Coming to a Theater Near You Aug 7, 2006

Like the very best of Hitchcock, marries both high- and low-brows in the compulsively watchable format of the thriller.

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Enrique Buchichio Uruguay Total Aug 5, 2006 4/5

Un drama intimista e inquietante que esconde una reflexión perturbadora sobre un vergonzoso capítulo de la historia francesa. Brillante dirección y actores.

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James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette Jun 23, 2006 3/5

Although its opening promises a mystery, the question at the core of 'Cache' is not who is responsible for sending the packages; instead, the film asks whether the real danger is outside the Laurents' home or inside it.

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Moira Sullivan Movie Magazine International May 27, 2006 B+

Haneke has made a fine study of guilt and betrayal, and tries to convey what is hidden. Perhaps what is best hidden in the film is the claim that lies are conveyed at 24 frames a second.

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Jonathan Kiefer Sacramento News & Review May 12, 2006 4/5

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Matt Pais Metromix.com May 4, 2006 3.5/4

Chillingly reminds us that in life, love, family and politics, we never know the full story. And someone is always watching.

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