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Hål i mitt hjärta, Ett (A Hole In My Heart) (2004)

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Average Rating: 3.6/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 6

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Average Rating: 2.8/5
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Lukas Moodysson wrote and directed this disturbing and controversial allegorical drama. Eric (Björn Almroth) is a teenager who lives in a shabby flat with his father, Rickard (Thorsten Flinck). Eric spends most of his time holed up in his room, blaring industrial music in order to drown out what's going on around him. Eric has just cause to be a bit disturbed by his surroundings -- Rickard is an amateur filmmaker specializing in extreme sex videos, and he's taken over the living room, where his

Dec 6, 2005

Newmarket Films

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (10) | DVD (3)

The question is: do we need to be hauled through scene after scene of drab, dehumanized behavior so that we may see, or at least hear, humanity restored at the end?

May 21, 2005 Comment
New Yorker
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Moodysson comes on like de Sade crossed with Godard, yet by locking us outside of his characters, he fails to make them even contemptuously compelling.

April 13, 2005 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Entertainment Weekly
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An experimental, transgressive work that pretty much fails on every level.

April 11, 2005 Comment
Hollywood Reporter
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The film is yet another proof of Moodysson's fearlessness and his willingness to push forward and break through the boundaries of convention.

April 8, 2005 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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Will disgust many (probably most) viewers as it cements Moodysson's reputation as one of today's most daring filmmakers.

April 8, 2005 Comment
New York Post
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It's a mystery what the Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson thought he was up to in A Hole in My Heart, a movie teeming with ugly images and grotesque behavior.

April 7, 2005 Comment
New York Times
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Moodysson doesn't use this borrowed aesthetic to study what's on his plate; he's just out to cause a scene.

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

It's harrowing to watch just how far these four actors are willing to go to bring Moodysson's vision to life, and their dedication commands respect, even as it dares you to keep your eyes on the screen.

April 8, 2005 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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The degradation inflicted on the characters in Moodyson's A Hole in My Heart is also inflicted on the viewers... an excruciating and appalling experience.

April 8, 2005 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

A cinematic challenge that eats slowly at the soul but never insults the audience or its characters.

January 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

Moodysson doesn't seem to realize the difference between a film that's disturbing yet provocative, and a film that's just amateurish and gross.

January 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

a nihilistic barrage of sound and image that belongs somewhere between a Lars Von Trier Dogme film and the early work of Gregg Araki.

January 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | Comment
Planet Sick-Boy

Sends your brain whirring as well as your stomach churning -- quite a feat.

January 26, 2005 Full Review Source: BBC | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Hål i mitt hjärta, Ett (A Hole In My Heart)

Probably the most pointless and irritating watch since Gummo. The film has nothing to say, or anything entertaining to offer. We are assaulted by a stream of unconscious, disgusting visuals. The film is also mindlessly repetitive and just becomes like a scratched CD of some cheap erotica. Moodysson ventures into the

March 28, 2010
kiriyamakazou

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I think Lukas Moodysson has been a little misunderstood in this film. A hole in my Heart was quite badly received which I think is quite unfair but I think he's probably got over it by now. All great artists are misunderstood when they are producing their best work. He has shown us he can do uplifting comedy/drama and

October 2, 2009
SirPant

Super Reviewer

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