Melancholia

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Melancholia

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Released Nov 11, 2011

2h 10m

Drama

Sci-Fi

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As a planet hurtles toward a collision course with Earth, two sisters (Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg) cope with the approaching doomsday in different ways.

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Critics Consensus

Melancholia's dramatic tricks are more obvious than they should be, but this is otherwise a showcase for Kirsten Dunst's acting and for Lars von Trier's profound, visceral vision of depression and destruction.

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Sara Reihani

Bitch Media

A strangely apt visual representation of depression.

Jan 9, 2021

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Amy Taubin

Film Comment Magazine

Von Trier creates a blackly comic delirium that is terrifying and completely exhilarating.

Aug 27, 2019

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Lisa Rosman

indieWire

In Melancholia, von Trier has created a mission statement of a masterpiece, one that reminds us that nihilism itself can serve as a legitimate form of creation, a means as well as The End.

Nov 7, 2016

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June Butler

Film Ireland Magazine

Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg lead a stellar cast, and the special effects are jaw-dropping.

Jan 17, 2025

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Savina Petkova

A Good Movie To Watch

Vesting expectations in someone as wide-ranging as Kirsten Dunst assures an absolute win, even if there remain some questionable characteristics that align too well with abstract male fantasies of what a woman in distress would look like.

Rated: 7.6/10

Oct 29, 2023

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Melodrama and science fiction sustained by images in a wide screen and music by Wagner. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 5.5/10

Oct 4, 2022

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Taehee K

why did i watched this? i really can't relate to anything in the movie, i almost gave up, i was just attracted to good looking poster. i'm suprised that many people love this movie, and its funny that people who love it really loves it, but others found that its really boring and meaning less

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/25

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russ p

The shaky cam is so overdone it’s pretty much impossible to focus on anything else.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/25

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Jose Raul B

Although there are parts in its plot that makes it psychologically confusing to understand, Lars von Trier made an interesting and entertaining movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/13/25

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Christine L

Full disclaimer: I only got about 57 min through it, at which point I gave up. Would have loved to love it, but it is tedious. It drags on and on and on and on. The little development that happened in the part I saw was not particularly captivating. The movement of the camera gave me such motion sickness that I had to keep closing my eyes not to feel sick, which is partly why I eventually gave up. Fine, it's for effect and I assume that its aim is to portray instability, but it could have been used with more discretion. I'm not sure if it becomes clear as the film continues why two sisters would have completely different accents. The scenery however is quite beautiful. Maybe it was a film for a bygone era and has lost some of its relevance.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Wendel L

Direção: Ruim Atuação: Bom Roteiro: Ruim Caracterização: Ok Soundtrack: Ruim

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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Brett A

Slow start with artsy composition of later scenes from the movie is difficult to overcome for me. Don't care about the characters or the issues. Our lead says "Earth is evil" it sums up the movie's perspective.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Synopsis

As a planet hurtles toward a collision course with Earth, two sisters (Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg) cope with the approaching doomsday in different ways.

Director: Lars von Trier
Producer: Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth
Screenwriter: Lars von Trier
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: arte France Cinéma, Film i Väst, DR, Memfis Film AB, Liberator Productions, Zentropa Entertainment, Slot Machine, Zentropa Entertainment France
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Graphic Nudity)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 13, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.0M
Runtime: 2h 10m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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