Nymphomaniac: Volume II

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Alain E @AlainE Apr 26 This is the ultimate a-ethical movie. Joe is a character that will not elicit sympathy from the average person. Rarely happy, she is driven by her c..t to use her phraseology. The movie has graphic depictions of torture, rape, multiple sex acts and a self made abortion (maintaining sterile conditions as best as she could). We see male and female genitals, possibly from body doubles and scenes from an idyllic childhood. Photography, acting and music are first class. Scenes from documentaries are used to illustrate a point. The ultimate result is less powerful than Melancholia, the other symbolic movie Von Trier shot with Charlotte Gainsbourg. See more Jack F @MovieFan111 Jan 29 Well here we are. I can now say I finished the epic. It felt weird diving back into this world for a second time, but I powered through. Like what most other people are saying, this one was not as good as the first, but only because it's a sequel, so it wasn't anything new. It was much darker and I'd say more inappropriate. I don't have much else to say about it. See more O g @RT76089177 Dec 4 Really liked the first instalment but this is utterly miserable See more Papas S @RT80934825 Nov 15 It could be a masterpiece, but it isn't. I don't understand the director's style, but I understand his pessimistic approach nonetheless. What I can't wrap my head around is the ending. The entire journey we've taken since the first film made both the middle and the last third of the movie feel incredible, only to have it ruined by a scene of just over a minute that, no matter how you look at it, makes no sense, as it contradicts everything already established and even logic itself. If it weren't for that, I'd give it 5 stars, but because it wasted my time, I'm giving it one and a half. Perhaps it's somewhat redeemed by the possibility of an open ending, but at that point, there was absolutely no need for it. Simply disappointing. See more Mason M @RT73597940 01/04/2025 Another hit from Lars von Trier that may be one of the most tedious and disgusting films that I've ever seen, but is one of von Trier's most masterful works. With some of his best writing, von Trier also properly expands on the characters, making Seligman and Joe some of the most layered and interesting characters I've seen in quite the while. And he properly closes the story with a deeply satisfying and frankly genius ending. Though I never exactly needed to see a 5 and 1/2 hour epic of a sex addict telling her entire life story, I'm glad I did. See more Alec B @Alec97 11/10/2023 While it lacks the near "rock n' roll" anarchism of the first part, Volume II makes up for it by pushing the heavy nihilism we know, love, and expect from Lars von Trier to new heights (or depths really). See more Read all reviews

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