Dogville quotes
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It all started with a meeting, so it will be logical to end it with one too. You'll talk and they'll listen. They can't refuse to listen.
Tom
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It is a valiant but risky attempt and, truth be told, it is only partially successful.
Michael Elliott, Movie Parables
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Sarcastic humor, inventive staging and a brutal story combine to give Dogville the force of a bonfire, incendiary and beautiful.
Chris Hewitt in St. Paul Pioneer Press
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It is like a child who doesn't want to take his medicine. They'll be furious at first, but in the end they'll see it is for their own good. Just don't be hateful. Don't be reproving. If anybody can do it, Grace, you can.
Tom
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It's like von Trier's expression of bewilderment at the idea of Christ. Like Mel Gibson, he portrays intense evil to make us wonder at the generosity of Grace.
Jeffrey Overstreet, Looking Closer
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It's the best stage play you've ever attended, and you feel as if you're right in the middle of it.
Steve Schneider in The Orlando Weekly
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In which Grace finally gets enough of Dogville, leaves the town, and again sees the light of day
That evening Tom had sensed at once that something had taken place, but had to plead with Grace for ages before she finally broke down and unburdened herself.
That evening Tom had sensed at once that something had taken place, but had to plead with Grace for ages before she finally broke down and unburdened herself.
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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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Copious lies. Just lies.
Vera
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The hours in the orchard were long now, for the harvest was underway. And Grace had long since given up arguing with Chuck's perception that respect for cultivation, harvest, and fruit could be directly measured in provision of carnality.
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Shooting at you certainly didn't help matters. Of course not. You're, far, far too stubborn.
The Big Man
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It's simply a movie whose bite is as harsh and hard as its bark.
Bob Longino in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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You want the curtains opened? You don't need them anymore.
Driver
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Dogville is not a masterpiece, nor is it an embarrassment. But it is a cinematic Rorschach test, as much fun to praise and to scorn as it is to watch.
Chris Vognar in The Dallas Morning News
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Though certainly a failure in some respects, Dogville may be the most fascinating, richly accomplished screw-up you'll see all year.
Michael Wilmington in The Chicago Tribune