Melancholia (2011) (original) (raw)

Troubled sisters Justine and Claire find their already-strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet, Melancholia, threatens to collide with Earth.

Troubled sisters Justine and Claire find their already-strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet, Melancholia, threatens to collide with Earth. (less)

Director: Lars von Trier
Writer: Lars von Trier
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsg�rd, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling
Producer: Meta Louise Foldager

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Review by Brian Orndorf, October 7, 2011

8 / 10

�Melancholia� is a disaster movie, though it doesn�t resemble the work of Irwin Allen or Roland Emmerich. There are no near misses or romantic melodrama, and the Capitol Records Building remains intact for the duration of the picture. This is Lars Von Trier�s opportunity to stage the end of the world. With the effort comes a flood of misery and doomsday terror, expressed with incredible visuals and a refreshing sense of detachment to monumental planetary chaos. In fact, it would make a corker of a double feature with �2012� -- one movie using widespread death to entertain the popcorn-munching ...read more...

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