Anatomy is a movie best enjoyed by those who are between 16 and 45 who enjoy horror films, particularly those horror films with a medical/hospital theme. This is not a prime time film, but a late night or rainy afternoon film. I usually like horror films but this one lost most of its enjoyment for me because the sound track was off. It was either the sound track or the actors were not speaking English. The mouthing of the words did not match up with the speaking of the words. This pretty much destroyed the film for me. The film is rather a slow paced film, until it nears the end. Then, during the chase, the pace picks up. However, the ending has a little bit of a twist on it. Popcorn and pizza make great snacks for this low budget film. Enjoy.

But wait? Is this really a good horror movie that brings the viewer to some provocation of critical thought? Leave it to a foreign film to actually accomplish a terrifying narrative that includes a factually based philosophical under theme. I do enjoy awful horror movies, (there are plenty of them), but I also appreciate good cinema. Horror movies can very rarely be called good cinema but Anatomy comes close to accomplishing the thoughtfully written horror movie genera. A quick non-spoiler synopsis: Main character Paula is accepted to historic and prestigious Heidelberg medical institute. Her father is a dieing physician who expresses some qualms about her acceptance. Upon arrival, she is thrilled to be able to access world famous professors and a museum/library of complete cross- sectional anatomical items. Meddlesome inquisitiveness arises however when she recognizes one of the corpses. Paula attempts to piece together the historic universities dark secret that allows the institution to maintain its progressive research reputation. What destroys most horror movies is predictability, and this movie is able to lead the viewer to come to false, (or partially false), conclusions; much like a good mystery novel would. The cinematography is pungent, allowing emotions to permeate the scenes, uncorrupted by stereotypical deutch angles and other horror strategies. Also worth noting is the soundtrack which combines with Anatomy's cinematography to give the movie a very progressive American movie tone.This movie is subtitled and to get the full advantage of its cinematic quality requires a bit of attentional resources. If that's a problem, you're not in the mood for a noteworthy movie, pick something else. Otherwise this is a horror movie that will stand out from its other American slasher movie contemporaries.

Okay, I had reasonably high expectations for this. The controversial subject matter was a good concept. As a horror fan I admit I was fascinated and very excited about this.It turns out they had a great idea, but it was terribly executed. Let's see. This movie seems to run in 3 modes: Happy, Sex and Dark. The problem is that the movie never decides what it wants to be. The "Happy" parts I believe were meant to contrast with the "Dark" parts, but it doesn't work. The soundtrack is one of the reasons.The movie transitions between these 3 modes very badly, I can't even begin to say how much the directing and editing suck. There's sex in the most unappealing and unerotic way. I'm not complaining but even for Horror standards they were unnecessary and filler.The characters are all unlikeable with the exception of Paula (Potente). Her friend from Munich is a slut and possibly one of the most annoying characters in movies I've come across recently.There's a bit of plot which I won't go into detail... It's not stupid and in more talented hands would make a good movie. There's even a nice twist and a cool conspiracy going on. Don't try to understand everything because there are giant plot holes here.It's all so shoddily done that you don't care for the victims, the perpetrators, anyone. And to think this could have been great. I can say ONE good thing about it which is, the movie shed some light on today's unethical medical procedures. With genetics and controversial sciences advancing, this could have been a great philosophical film that raises and discusses these questions. But you won't find that here, just a series of scenes loosely pasted together with people and things that you don't care about.Skip this and go watch Flatliners instead, you're welcome.3/10

1st watched 6/24/2007 - 4 out of 10(Dir-Stefan Rujowitzky): OK thriller, but a little too predictable. This story is based in Germany, which is also where the movie is made. It is about a young medical student who gets a shot to go to a premiere school in Heidelberg and arrives seeing some strange things occurring. Someone she met on the train there and saved, shows up on the school's experimentation table and she's suspecting foul play right away. She does some investigation and the disappearance of her friend leads her to a secret society called AAA(and no it's not Alcoholics Anonymous) that has something to do with the anti-Hippocratic oath and is used to perform experimentations on live people that doctor's wouldn't normally be able to do. She finds out her grandfather(who was a dean at the school) was a big part of establishing it and it's pretty readily filled by members of the school. It's an interesting story but the problem with this movie is how quickly the audience is told what's going on and then it's kind of a horror movie with the heroine fighting off the bad boy of the group that's taking things to the next psychotic level. Although this movie was made in Europe, it plays to a young American audience with it's focus on gore, sex and the horror film premise(which is really it's big downfall) and explains why it probably made good money and spawned a sequel but doesn't necessarily make for a good movie.