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Bess is one of those characters made to make you feel BAD, very very bad. maybe the only thing you can do to be complacent with her and with the movie as well, is cry every time she cries. spend the fucking 159 min crying, and then you may get it.

Alexander Robino

27May12

Damn.

Kyle Petty

19Mar12

I got sucked into the beauty of the first hour before I realized that I was watching a Lars von Trier film. Stupid me! The remander was emotionally devastating but powerful.

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Cody Hoskins

13Mar12

I wonder if Von Trier is really showing a praise for spirituality or a praise for perversion just so he can get away with abusing innocent Emily Watson on screen. It's traumatizing to watch but mesmerizing and effective, which shows how unique of a director he is and I need to see his other works because I've only seen three.

Kestas

10Mar12

wa, wa, wai, wait... So von Trier believes in god? I spent two and a half hours to learn that the man who shot Antichrist and Melancholia believes in god? Are there no sober thinking film directors out there? I wish I never saw this film...

LaHaine

5Mar12

My favourite film if thats the right word from Von Trier. Best Female lead performance i ever saw From Emily Waston (how she didn't win the oscar its one of the biggest let downs in Oscar history) she's hasn't come near to it since. My favorite Film Critic Mark kermode hates this film with a passion thinks its vulgar but its the only time i've disagreed with him.

abluevalentine

4Mar12

Delicate, beautiful movie...

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Adam D'Alexander

29Feb12

<33

Michael Convery

15Feb12

An eccentric drama about faith in love and faith in the absurd, and makes me question the line separating the two.

melancolia

12Feb12

if this is a love story, then it is, without effects, only poetry

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rrrno

7Feb12

Esta película es un milagro, como lo fue su trama una de las mas maravillosas actuaciones que vi (Emily Watson), escenas inolvidables simple y magistral.

Jose Luis Juarez

16Jan12

...genious...beautiful, and Emily Watson is just amazing, I love her so much, o god...(=

Andy Herrera

2Jan12

Emily Watson was something else in this movie. Breathtaking.

Christopher

27Dec11

Bess: "You said that... you liked me!" A total von Trier moment.

Shelbi Chew

12Dec11

TW: Attempted brutal rape. Very moving performance by Emily Watson, but seriously, trigger warning!!

soiwaswrong

3Dec11

Second film in the trilogy that I have watched that made me cry!!! HAHA!! Emily Watson was great!!!.. It's a story of true love and the hypocrisy of the church people.. Masterpiece!!

GENADIJUS

22Nov11

Great movie and one of the best emale performances in film history!

Monsieur Hulot

22Nov11

Watching...

Emi

21Nov11

Hey Criterion Collection, hurry up and release this on DVD already!

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Daniela

8Nov11

Haven't seen an ending this bad for such a good movie since Vertigo.

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Gylfi Reynisson

1Nov11

I usually don't like melodrama's that much but I loved this film. Emily Watson is unbelievable, I'm at a loss for words really. What I have to do now is see Dreyer's "Ordet" again.

Lirian

28Oct11

Como todos os filmes de Lars Von Trier, é impactante. é profundamente humano e muito bem construído. Excelente diretor.

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AdamantCocoon

25Oct11

For the plenitude of his vision, Lars Von Trier scores much higher in Dancer In the Dark (full-throttle mythology, which is the domicile of martyrdom, allied with the musical) and Dogville (brutal particularity through bold, clockwork minimalism). In Breaking the Waves, I can't decide if he's taking the piss or exultantly swimming in the mire. I'll get back to you on that one.

meancreek

21Oct11

Absolutely astonishing, von Trier never fails to impress me. Probably my new favourite film. Mindblowing stuff, it really is.

Aurora

17Oct11

Breaking the waves of innocence and kindness.

Francisco R.

27Sep11

For the first time in his career, Von Trier lays off the Tarkovsky-influenced pretensions and decides to learn from someone whom he understands on a much deeper level: Carl Theodor Dreyer. This harrowing, ultimately beautiful portrait of a saint qualifies with justice as his first masteripece.

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