Review of Antichrist (2009) by Rkwalker — 17 Mar 2011
A seriously underrated film exploring grief, anxiety, madness and the ideas we cling to when placed under such stress. Defoe is our eyes and ears into the film as a rational man who, gradually, in isolation with madness, slowly leads us into the maelstrom.
Chaos reigns! Exploding with ideas, beautifully shot and with two excellent leading performances, especially Gainsbourg, whose hysteria is genuinely distressing . At lot has been made of the violence, and at times it does disgust, but it is the psychological trauma on display here that truly disturbs.
A great film and all the nay-sayers are wrong. Posterity will deem it so.
This review of Antichrist (2009) was written by Rkwalker on 17 Mar 2011.
Antichrist has generally received positive reviews.
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