I was blown away. This might have been even better than Dancer in the Dark...and it doesn't even have Bjork!

It's really a film of contradictions: both emotionally simple but morally complex, and devastatingly hyper-realistic but also grounded in optimism. It doesn't play with notions of suspension of disbelief nearly as much as Dancer in the Dark, and feels nowhere near as bold, even though when we step back an look at the film on paper it's essentially the same movie. For me, this film was a complete justification of the Dogma 95 movement or whatever [although it isn't technically Dogma 95], and one of the most natural feeling movies I've seen. With Dancer, von Trier was testing the limits of disparity between style and story, but here he establishes the perfect distance between them.

Oh...and yeah...Emily Watson gives the performance of the 90's, no question.


Has no one else seen?

Beautiful movie. Emily Watson delivers an amazing, flawless performance. Lars Von Trier is a fantastic director. 8/10 here.

This was indeed a great movie, highlighted by an astonishing lead performance from Emily Watson. A-

an unabashedly manipulative film that pushes harder and harder and harder to an absolute breaking point of tragedy, all purposefully orchestrated as a celebration of love. the golden heart trilogy, which can be seen as three films about different modes and expressions of happiness, is one of cinema's greatest achievements, containing some of the most beautiful moments of pure, unadulterated emotion that art can offer. lars von trier is the director of externalising the internal heart.

Still my favorite von Trier.