The New York Times by Dana Stevens
Has nothing on its mind besides the squirming discomfort of its audience, the achievement of which it holds up as a brave political accomplishment.
Denmark, Spain, Sweden · 1998
Rated R · 1h 57m
Director Lars von Trier
Starring Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby
Genre Comedy, Drama
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In Lars von Trier's first film shot entirely in compliance with the Dogme 95 manifesto, a commune of adults seek to challenge the propriety of bourgeois society by pretending to be disabled in public, often making disruptive and loud scenes in alignment with their inhibition-releasing romantic ideals. But a newcomer to the group may challenge this challenge.
The New York Times by Dana Stevens
Has nothing on its mind besides the squirming discomfort of its audience, the achievement of which it holds up as a brave political accomplishment.
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Tries to be daring and iconoclastic but winds up seeming as spoiled and childish as its main characters.
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
This is thoughtful nihilist provocation at best.
It's overtly about provocation, set in a tony Danish suburb where a group of men and women living commune-style in an empty house are discovering their "inner idiots" by pretending to be developmentally challenged.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
The group's intent is not to insult those physically or mentally challenged in any manner of degree but, rather, to disturb middle-class types as much as they possibly can.
Becomes guilty of the very prejudice that his film has so obviously tried to subvert. It's too bad -- the rest of it is hilarious.
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
It's interesting - in its own let-it-all-hang-out, shaky-camera way.
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
A highly calculated act of mischief that sounds like a stunt cooked up for Howard Stern's radio show.
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
With shocking humor and surprising grace, Von Trier creates something unique and memorable.
San Francisco Examiner by Wesley Morris
Demonstrates that sadomasochistic streak in von Trier that equates the raw with the experimental.
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