A joke, a toxic cocktail of banal psychobabble, laughably arty slo-mo flourishes and unmotivated sexual violence that only brain-in-jar types could take as a serious statement.
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10/21/09
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Antichrist (2009)
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Reviews Counted:119
Fresh:58
Rotten:61
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: Gruesome, explicit and highly controversial; Lars Von Triers arthouse-horror, though beautifully shot, is no easy ride.
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:2008
Box Office: $228,568
Synopsis: Only two actors, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Defoe, inhabit the space of this supernatural thriller directed by Lars Von Trier. The stars play a couple who attempt to grieve for their dead... [More]
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Reviews for Antichrist
Frankly, von Trier, I don't give a damn.
10/20/09
Somehow, a shovel seems a more appropriate implement for dealing with Lars von Trier's Antichrist than any sort of writing utensil.
10/20/09
Porno-horror pic pessimistic about humanity with tour-de-force performances by Gainsbourg and Dafoe.
10/19/09
A confrontational film that dances between the sublime, the mundane, and the shocking with little to no regard for audience expectations.
10/19/09
A word to the squeamish: there is no shame in leaving as the tools—and I use the word advisedly—come out. In a way, you will be getting the best of Antichrist, which until now has been a film of awkwardness, confusion, and great beauty.
10/19/09
Von Trier says he was suffering from severe bouts of depression when he shot the movie. See Antichrist, and you'll know the feeling.
10/15/09
Top CriticOnly sporadically feels like an effort interested in grappling with the miserable fallout from tragedy.
10/14/09
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10/13/09
The tale rises or sinks to a level of horror with an unimaginable brutality that no doubt Saw 8 or 9 will pilfer.
10/11/09
Too sadistic, violent, and grossly offensive, there are some movies that never should have been made, even for art-house audiences.
10/10/09
the lensing by Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle is absolutely precious...expressionistic in nature, give the feeling of a Bosch painting brought to life
10/09/09
A fairy tale gone fatalistically wrong, the stark opposite of happily ever after. Impresses with its sheer dauntless, sobering nerve.
10/08/09
A self-flagellating sexorcist weepie employing arty gore, and dubious New Age therapeutic kinky when not satanic sex remedies. And hopefully no animals or human genitals were harmed in the making of this movie.
09/24/09
...von Trier creates a tense and provocative horror film bound up in terms of psycho-therapy, sexual desire, and the shocking brutality of Mother Nature.
09/23/09
What's the purpose of Antichrist beyond an artist's callow flaunting of his recalcitrance?
09/21/09
Antichrist is an original, gothic and combative; a perfect night at the movies for those who enjoy cold sweats and the inevitability of post-screening divorce proceedings.
09/17/09
Antichrist is one of the best films of the year, if not the decade.
09/16/09
Who knows what Von Trier was trying to achieve with the movie--some sort of catharsis, possibly?--but it's doubtful anyone will want to sit through it a second time to figure it out.
09/14/09
...as tedious and interminable an experience as one could possibly envision.
09/14/09
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