Melancholia

R

Released Nov 11, 2011

2 hr. 15 min.

Drama

Sci-Fi

List

80%

209 Reviews

Tomatometer

67%

25,000+ Ratings

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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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Janell W

Depressing, slow, and uninteresting.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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Devin B

I really don't understand why this film is rated so high.Its very slow and confusing from the beginning to the end.The only thing good in this movie is Kirsten Dunts acting performance.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Karl B

Slow, artistic, thought provoking, with an outlandish concept, striking imagery and affecting acting by Kirsten Dunst and the whole cast. Watch it on a night when you are well rested and with someone who likes to talk about movies. You won't regret it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/10/24

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Rick M

Depicts a world that should be destroyed.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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Dan S

starts slow and builds. I like a movie that makes me think about it the next day. I liken it to melancholia(the star) being death and as you grow older, the star(death) keeps getting bigger and bigger. You try to avoid it, you hope to ignore it, but it looms ever so much closer until, finally, you are swallowed up

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/05/24

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Ginny C

The only movie I ever wished I'd walked out of. I stayed because I'm an optimist, and I kept hoping it would get better, but nope! Pretentious drek. What a waste of a lot of great talent. Yes, I know it's supposed to be about depression and/or the end of the world, but the film gave me no reason to care about any of the people in it or their situation. Another reviewer said they found themselves rooting for the approaching asteroid, or whatever it was. That sums up my feelings perfectly!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/01/24

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Lars von Trier

Director

Kirsten Dunst

Justine

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Claire

Alexander Skarsgård

Michael

Brady Corbet

Tim

Cameron Spurr

Leo

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Sara Reihani

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A strangely apt visual representation of depression.

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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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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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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

“Melancholia” is a gripping, meditative film that’s delivered like an operatic mood piece.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 24, 2022

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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
Executive Producer: Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Garde
Screenwriter: Lars von Trier
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Zentropa Entertainments, Canal+, Nordisk Film, Memfis Film & Television [se]
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

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