Antichrist
IFC Films | Release Date: October 23, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
10
Negative:
11
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60
The Hollywood ReporterPeter Brunette
Visually gorgeous to a fault and teeming with grandiose if often fascinating ideas that overwhelm the modest story that serves as their vehicle, this may be the least artistically successful film von Trier has ever made. Read full review
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NPRMark Jenkins
For a hymn to panic and hostility, the movie is curiously artful. But only the most sympathetic viewers will find that its poetry outweighs its belligerence. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Depending on your reaction to the cinematic outrages perpetrated by Danish director Lars von Trier (remember Dogville?), you might want to add or subtract two stars from the halfway (half-assed?) rating I just gave Antichrist. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
It would be a shock if Antichrist had turned out to be anything but shocking. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The trouble is, it's all too exhibitionistic to ring true. The impotent folly of Antichrist is that von Trier has made it his mission to shock the bourgeoisie in an era when they can no longer be shocked. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
For 70 minutes, Antichrist is a rare exploration of pain, featuring two actors collaborating with each other in agonizing and intimate ways. It also contains some of the best work Gainsbourg has ever done on screen. And then - if I put it more gently I wouldn't really be saying it - director Lars von Trier loses his mind. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Antichrist finally embodies the contradiction of von Trier: He's a gifted, even visionary, artist mired in his own pulp pretentiousness. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The trouble is that Antichrist feels progressively symptomatic of a director losing heart. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Antichrist, which, above all, wants to make pain visceral, is less successful at projecting authentic experience--the shock tactics are ultimately numbing. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
Trouble is, it all adds up to . . . not much. Read full review
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