Epidemic
Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) | Release Date: November 14, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Basically an experimental psychodrama, Epidemic has a pleasingly slapdash, underground quality that recalls early Fassbinder and Wenders -- although, with its cynical premise and frequent infusions of Wagner, it exudes the prankster snarkiness characteristic of von Trier. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Epidemic will never be confused with von Trier's great films. But it is an intriguing introduction to his later cinematic obsessions. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Aside from the Pirandellian games and some interplay of different film stocks there isn't much going on here, though von Trier rewards the patient with a strange and horrifying climax. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The scenes from Epidemic have the high-contrast look of a 1920s horror film, are in English (much of it badly dubbed) and feature images that are handsome and preposterous in equal parts -- they're amusing, and too stylized to be disturbing. Read full review
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