This film is so far up its own backside that a burp and a fart smell the same.
I have no idea why this is rated as high as it is everywhere. Likely because the director or some critics declared it was about depression and everyone else os afraid if they call it out for the drawn out melodrama that it is, they’d be ostracized for “not getting it” or for belittling sufferers of depression.
Melancholia
It will change everything.
Rating
1.8 (2)
Release Date
5/26/2011Runtime
130 minsGenres
Overview
Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…
How It Feels
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A glacially paced existential descent that uses an oncoming planetary catastrophe as the backdrop for exploring depression and family fracture. Watching it is like being slowly submerged, technically beautiful but increasingly suffocating.
Mood
MelancholicDread-soakedBleakClaustrophobic
Themes
GriefFamilyMortalityIsolation
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
PainterlyFormalistDesaturated
Structure
Two-hander
Heads up
Suicide and self-harm
Reviews
I am comfortable being an outlier on this ratings bell curve.
Kirsten Dunst is one of my favorite actresses, so I gave this another shot after giving it one star last time. I still don't like it at all, but she's great, and I also like the last three minutes.
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