Melancholia

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Melancholia

R

2011

2h 15m

Drama

Sci-Fi

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As a planet hurtles toward a collision course with Earth, two sisters (Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg) cope with the approaching doomsday in different ways.

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Critics Consensus

Melancholia's dramatic tricks are more obvious than they should be, but this is otherwise a showcase for Kirsten Dunst's acting and for Lars von Trier's profound, visceral vision of depression and destruction.

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Sara Reihani

Bitch Media

01/09/2021

A strangely apt visual representation of depression.

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Amy Taubin

Film Comment Magazine

08/27/2019

Von Trier creates a blackly comic delirium that is terrifying and completely exhilarating.

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Lisa Rosman

IndieWire

11/07/2016

In Melancholia, von Trier has created a mission statement of a masterpiece, one that reminds us that nihilism itself can serve as a legitimate form of creation, a means as well as The End.

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Joe Flockhart

Loud and Clear Reviews

Mar 2

4/5

Its critics are quick to call it ‘slow’, ‘boring’ and ‘self-indulgent’ but I found it enthralling. The performances are outstanding and its depiction of depression is almost unprecedented in cinema in its rawness.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 9

5/5

Truly a masterpiece, thanks to its performances and direction, as von Trier delivers a powerful metaphor for depression that is all too relatable.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 20

2/5

"Melancholia" can't help but cause disconnect. Science-fiction mixed with a very random society wedding just don't mix.

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Synopsis

As a planet hurtles toward a collision course with Earth, two sisters (Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg) cope with the approaching doomsday in different ways.

Director: Lars von Trier
Producer: Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth
Screenwriter: Lars von Trier
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Slot Machine, Zentropa Entertainment, Zentropa Entertainment France, Liberator Productions, Memfis Film AB, Film i Väst, arte France Cinéma, DR
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Graphic Nudity)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 13, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.0M
Runtime: 2h 15m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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