Dancer in the Dark

"There is real filmmaking excitement here (...) As Selma, she sings, 'I’ve seen it all/There is no more to see.' Nonsense. You’ve never seen anything like 'Dancer in the Dark'." 

"A 2 ½-hour demo of auteurist self-importance that's artistically bankrupt on almost every level" 

"'Dancer in the Dark' is not like any other movie at the multiplex this week, or this year (...) It smashes down the walls of habit that surround so many movies. It returns to the wellsprings. It is a bold, reckless gesture (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"The movie is both stupefyingly bad and utterly overpowering; it can elicit, sometimes within a single scene, a gasp of rapture and a spasm of revulsion" 

"The storyline may be pure melodrama, but Bjork's performance and Von Trier's off-kilter direction turn it in to real tragedy. Haunting and beautiful (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Silly, shallow and manipulative (...) Screen acting doesn't get much more dire than this" 

"One of the year's most wrenching, unforgettable films (...) A cinematic experience that's at once primal and new."