The Idiots
USA Films | Release Date: April 28, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
7
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

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60
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
The Idiots works as a situationist provocation about a situationist provocation, though claiming the sentimental high ground at the end. As ever, von Trier gets points for his sheer chutzpah. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
The Idiots works as a situationist provocation about a situationist provocation, though claiming the sentimental high ground at the end. As ever, von Trier gets points for his sheer chutzpah. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's overtly about provocation, set in a tony Danish suburb where a group of men and women living commune-style in an empty house are discovering their "inner idiots" by pretending to be developmentally challenged. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
Becomes guilty of the very prejudice that his film has so obviously tried to subvert. It's too bad -- the rest of it is hilarious. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The group's intent is not to insult those physically or mentally challenged in any manner of degree but, rather, to disturb middle-class types as much as they possibly can. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Von Trier's The Idiots is both lively and juvenile.
42
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Von Trier is far more hypocritical than his straw-figure characters, and he's simply too cynical and insincere to be provocative. Read full review
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