Julien Donkey-Boy

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kevin h My favorite film of all time, the greatest thing I've ever seen on film bar none Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/16/23 Full Review Audience Member A simple yet harrowing cinema verite snapshot of the lives of characters under the influence of both fate and the results of their own actions. Filmed under the somewhat severe strictures of Dogme 95, it is difficult to watch, and that is good - it's supposed to be. The film evokes a mix of emotions you will find in no other work. Bremner is so good as a hapless schizophrenic (and child murderer) he is nearly unrecognizable. Herzog is always brilliant and no less so here. This film is not for everyone. It needs to be viewed openly and without comparison or classification. I find it entertaining but not easy to watch at all. Korine definitely hit this one out of the ballpark. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Beautifully flawed. Well worth the moments, many, of expressionistic and poetic beauty. Has a real heart for it's characters. Great acting. Fun to boot! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Korines second flick, done two years after his cult film "Gummo". While that film was weird and quite gross this film is more experimental. Julien is a schizophrenic and a strange guy with issues. His family and especially his father acted out by Werner Herzog is also pretty spectacular. His sister is having a baby, probably his own baby and we witness their life. It's presented with many artistic points of view and presentations. Stills from scenes filled with sound, blurry pictures, weird angles. It's labled as a Dogme, wrongfully if you ask me - it does not follow all the rules and many are straight up broken. Still raw and direct. It feard it would be a very poor film, but it's very interesting and it has some very fine moments and scenes. Still it's not a masterpiece or something, but a pretty successful experiment. I found the schizophrenia a bit overdone and this is first and foremost a drama flick if you ask me. It's much sadder than it's fun. It's also feels a bit dragged, even with a rather fast pace and only about 90 minutes of playtime. 5 out of 10 aces on top. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Harmony Korine has found his perfect balance of gut wrenchingly disturbing and genuinely human implementing a documentary-like style which opens you to the harshly gritty realism he wishes to convey in every inhuman and human moment alike, though as Roger Ebert said "The odds are good that most people will dislike this film and be offended by it. For others, it will provoke sympathy rather than scorn. You know who you are." Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a great movie, period. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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