Review of Melancholia (2011) by Michael W — 20 Oct 2016
It is a shame that such a simultaneously thrilling, fascinating, and harrowing premise was wasted on such an unnecessarily odd, consequently unnecessarily long, and unnecessarily erratic film. I would like to stress that if Von Trier had been more interested in trying to tell a coherent story rather than trying to be niche-counterculture-cool, this really could have been a masterpiece.
The visual presentation of the premise is unforgettably moving, but the characterization and the overall narrative here are so extremely weird and directionless that it becomes distracting...severely diminishing the overall effect.
This review of Melancholia (2011) was written by Michael W on 20 Oct 2016.
Melancholia has generally received positive reviews.
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