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This is the second feature for Lanthimos, and it's a leap from his well-received debut Kinetta. He skilfully doles out tantalizing pieces of information, keeping the viewer in a constant state of suspense and wonder.
The true dark-horse nominee among this year's foreign-language Oscar contenders, Dogtooth leaves bite marks that stick around long after you are released from its grip.
Horror and cold humor commingle in Dogtooth.
As a film, it's pure and singular, but it's not quite fully formed enough to be what one could call truly visionary.
A creepy-funny art movie that holds a cracked mirror to our most cherished beliefs about family.
Doesn't rank as a great film, but it's difficult to take your eyes off it, as you wonder what impossibly bizarre thing might happen next.
A miserable, consistently worthless piece of work...
Cinephiles (have) reacted to Lanthimos' skewed vision in much the same way as the confined children at the heart of the story: through the inquisitive, excited eye of someone catching a glimpse of a new worldview for the first time.
Dogtooth isn't the easiest picture to describe, which is a positive attribute. It's something to be experience, letting the insanity settle in the pit of your stomach, conjuring fear of what lies ahead.
It's a triumph of a filmmaker having everything his own way -- for better or for worse.
To put it mildly, "Dogtooth" is not for everyone, but it can grow on you even if you think you've rejected its influence.
That I'm aghast must be a form of overload, and as baffled as I am by this dark underbelly of a film, I did enjoy it.
...flirts with sadism, but it's much more than a sick stunt.
Dogtooth is one of the funniest films of the past 12 months, an unforgettable social-satire, a devious little test of endurance for brave movie-lovers and the best argument against home-schooling since The Jonas Brothers.
A kind of ingenious horror show you just can't take your eyes off of.
Not the cheeriest subject for a movie, but somehow it works.
The possibilities for meaning in Dogtooth aren't inexhaustible, but they are more than enough to confirm the film's well-earned status as the best theatrical release of last year.
Dogtooth has some definite surprises in it, and it does a terrific job of unfolding the story at an interesting and surprising pace so that nothing is over-explained.
A perversely comic allegory of family life -- sinister, strange, formally elegant and utterly original.
The nastiest satire released to U.S. theaters in 2010.
Shocking and unsettling in breaking a number social taboos, this Greek dark comedy, winner of the 2009 Cannes Film fest, centers on the kind of dysfunctional family seldom depicted with such clarity on screen.
One of those movies that seems less interested in what you feel while you're watching it than how much you have to chew on once it's over.
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