Dogville quotes
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Utterly engrossing.
Scott Nash, Three Movie Buffs
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Von Trier supplies enough of an intellectual apparatus to give Dogville the veneer of art, but at its core this is a hollow, mean-spirited work.
Daniel Eagan in Film Journal International
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Von Trier's contempt for humanity is becoming harder to hide with stylistic flourish. He doesn't even try here, and his arrogance is topped only by his misanthropy.
Sean Axmaker The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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We realize we just sat watching a movie for 3 hours that's a little pretentious but didn't really mind — that says something.
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone at TheMovieChicks.com
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What Lars von Trier has achieved is avant-gardism for idiots. From beginning to end, Dogville is obtuse and dislikable, a whimsical joke wearing cement shoes.
David Denby in The New Yorker
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What's amazing about von Trier's alienating ploys is how quickly they make the movie enthralling. What starts out as distracting works to bring us in closer to what we should be concentrating on: the passion of Nicole Kidman's tragic heroine, and what her suffering says about the hope of all mankind.
Bob Strauss in The Los Angeles Daily News
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Who but von Trier could make such a film? Who else would dare?
Liam Lacey in The Globe And Mail
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Without a doubt one of the most brilliant films I have had the chance to experience.
Kevin N. Laforest in the Montreal Film Journal
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Yes, all the rumours are true. Dogville is vile, hilarious... and essential.
Sean Burns, Philadelphia Weekly
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I'd be hard-pressed to argue that the gloomy Dane wants anyone to actually like Dogville." Yes, it plays like a baldfaced, brazen insult, but it is a stunningly accomplished one. It hurts, but maybe it should.
Michael O'Sullivan in The Washington Post
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You don't so much enjoy watching it as you simply appreciate the genius that went into its creation.
Phoebe Flowers, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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You just have to see it to believe it. Frankly, I have never seen anything like it, which is not to say that it's good or bad, but it is different and even original.
Andrew Sarris in The New York Observer