Jonas Dassler delivers a remarkably believable performance, though he’s nearly unrecognizable in this deeply unsettling story of sexual exploitation and societal decay. He portrays Honka, a man who resides in an attic room and occasionally entertains women of various ages, body types, and backgrounds—women he's met at his preferred bar ("The Golden Glove") or on the street, sometimes quite literally, or wherever thei…

I seek out movies for specific feelings, but experiencing something akin to sickness wasn’t one of them. "The Golden Glove" is technically proficient in its filmmaking—though it embraces a purposefully unpleasant look—and could potentially entertain those seeking shocking content. I'm simply not that extreme; as far as I can tell, the movie amounts to an inward-looking examination by a collection of people, where the…