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Liam Grieves
3Mar11
Hilarious, distressing and ultimately shattering. At times, it felt exploitative to me but the final act redeemed it emotionally.
4peace
28Feb11
Reprehensible, over-the-top, bad camera work, amazing editing and complete devastation. Lars Von Trier's last experiment with Dogme95.
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soiwaswrong
7Feb11
I hate childish, immature characters in a film. That's why I'm a little bit disappointed... But The fact that this was made only for 4 days is genius.
Miasma
14Dec10
Real Risselada/Cecil: Not sure why you feel that the film is siding with its reprehensible characters, and thusly encouraging their behavior. I think they're pretty clearly portrayed as childishly irresponsible, spoiled, and ultimately mistaken - in no way meant to be emulated. The fact that Trier's lesson comes at the expense of the disabled is perhaps unfortunate. The ending... yeah, it could be stronger.
richmondhill
7Feb10
Pleasingly mean and mischievous, if over extended, riff on social attitudes. Compared to some of his later films, positively benign.
Michael Edwards
15Dec09
Interesting exploration of people's faith, and the different motivations for believing in a higher purpose and the love, health, and emotional education one can achieve from it. Works well with Von Trier's "golden hearts" trilogy which also includes Breaking the Waves, and Dancer in the Dark. The God, Sex, and Money theme of the trilogy are truly apparent.
