Melancholia

Name: Melancholia
Director: Lars von Trier
Released: 2011

Lars von Trier

2011

4.07

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Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

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Empire
Von Trier is a burr under the hide for many viewers, and the unconverted won't be convinced. But it's audacious, beautiful, tactful filmmaking and perhaps the perfect match for "The Tree Of Life" on a bipolar double bill.
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Entertainment Weekly
A movie masterpiece...is Lars von Trier's ecstatic magnum opus on the themes of depression, cataclysm, and the way the world might end.
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Variety
For all the tyrannical disdain he's shown other filmmakers over the years, von Trier once again demonstrates a mastery of classical technique, extracting incredibly strong performances from his cast while serving up a sturdy blend of fly-on-the-wall naturalism and jaw-dropping visual effects.
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IndieWire
Melancholia hovers in ambiguity with riveting aesthetic prowess.
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The New Yorker
Von Trier's latest fable is nothing without its blaze of majesty - or, as his detractors would say, its bombast.
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New York Magazine (Vulture)
The vision is as hateful as it is hate-filled, but the fusion of form and content is so perfect that it borders on the sublime.
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Village Voice
Plenty of moments in Melancholia are painfully funny. Some moments are even painful to watch, but there was never a moment when I thought about the time or my next movie or did not care about the characters or had anything less than complete interest in what was happening on the screen.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Melancholia is a remarkable mood piece with visuals to die for (excuse the pun), and a performance from Dunst that runs the color spectrum of emotions.

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