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Bullhead

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A Flemish cattleman (Matthias Schoenaerts) is wary of going into business with a notorious dealer (Sam Louwyck) of illegal bovine-growth hormone.
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Anchored by Matthias Schoenaerts' searing performance, Bullhead is a grim and gripping thriller with the cinematic sinew to match its domineering star's physicality.

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Its centre holds, largely because of Schoenaerts's capacity to elicit our sympathy despite everything. Rated: 4/5 Feb 1, 2013 Full Review Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) It's compelling, and Schoenaerts is a treat as this taciturn knot of angst and muscle tone, but Michaël R Roskam's film is short on humanity and dash. Rated: 3/5 Feb 1, 2013 Full Review Henry Barnes Guardian This thriller about a steroid-boosting farmer lost in the moral maze of Belgium's mafia underworld is a stylish, meaty treat. Rated: 4/5 Jan 31, 2013 Full Review Julian Singleton Cinapse Writer/director Michael Roskam avoids falling victim to familiarity by sifting through the grime of his vice-ridden, chemically-charged characters to explore the inseparable link between the passions that drive them and the consequences that await them. Jul 11, 2025 Full Review Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants While on the surface you expect this to be another Bronson, Schoenarts performance is the mirror-opposite of Tom Hardy's - everything is pulled in so far you have to lean right into Jacky's oncoming head-butt Jul 2, 2021 Full Review Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See A story of revenge, of a tormented past, of trying to make sense of things that make no sense. Rated: B+ Jul 19, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I'm not even sure I fully understood the plot, but it's AWESOME Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review kimberly s Almost makes your skin crawl and your stomach upset it is so realistic. The scene that depicts the main character's childhood injury is seriously haunting to me still. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Love it. Very intense movie. Great acting. Remind me a bit to Ryan Gosling's Drive. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Horrifying. Shakespearean, no, even more tragic. I bled for Jackie. Matthias is beyond superb. Dark, brooding, haunting, but well worth the watch. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member I absolutely loved 'The Drop' so I figured I'd give this earlier effort by Roskam a go. In many ways you can see why he went on to make such a great film. He has all the ingredients here but doesn't quite pull them together, whereas in that later film he had a Lehane novel to work with. Many parts of this work really well, but they're mostly in isolation and don't ever quite add up to a cohesive, satisfying whole film. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Best Belgian Movie. Stop Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Michaël R. Roskam

Director

Matthias Schoenaerts

Jacky Vanmarsenille

Jeroen Perceval

Diederik Maes

Jeanne Dandoy

Lucia Schepers

Barbara Sarafian

Eva Forrestier

Tibo Vandenborre

Antony De Greef
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Synopsis A Flemish cattleman (Matthias Schoenaerts) is wary of going into business with a notorious dealer (Sam Louwyck) of illegal bovine-growth hormone.
Director
Michaël R. Roskam
Producer
Bart Van Langendonck
Screenwriter
Michaël R. Roskam
Distributor
Drafthouse Films
Production Co
Savage, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Film Kitchen, Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, Waterland Film & TV, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Strong Violence)
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
Dutch
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 17, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$118.1K
Runtime
2h 8m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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