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The House That Jack Built

2018

Lars von Trier

Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Riley Keough ...

6.5

11,849

Thriller. Drama USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack over a span of 12 years and are introduced to the murders that define Jack's development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack's point of view, while he postulates each murder is an artwork in itself. As the inevitable police intervention is drawing nearer, he is taking greater and greater risks in his attempt to create the ultimate artwork. Along the way we ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"The film lopes along in a way that’s grimly absorbing yet, at the same time, falls short of fully immersive (...) It’s a drama that leaves you shaken yet detached, chilled and a little numb."	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Horrifying, sadistic, possibly brilliant (...) Its artistry transcends any precise litmus test for politically correctness (...) [Dillon] delivers an impactful movie monster"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"Repulsive, toxic trash (...) Awkwardly scripted and [with] dully repetitive scenes"	NEG
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"'The House That Jack Built' is definitely something to see. But what's most surprising is that it's just as often inane as unsettling."	NEU
United States	Gregory Ellwood Collider	"The best part of the film is absolutely the epilogue, a stylistic departure from the rest of the proceedings (...) It all feels somewhat minor"	NEU
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"[Trier] tries to engage the audience by outraging it and, more interestingly, to say something about art. But he’s also making you suffer with gore and monotony"	NEU
United States	Barbara Scharres rogerebert.com	"[Trier tests] just how much violation his audience is willing to accept (...) For three-quarters of the running time, 'The House That Jack Built' is a clunky rambling film with a homemade look"	NEG
United States	Rafael Motamayor Bloody Disgusting	"[It] is not just a deliciously gory film, it may also be Lars von Trier’s funniest film to date (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is an ordeal of gruesomeness and tiresomeness that was every bit as exasperating as I had feared. But it concludes with what I also have to concede is a spectacular horror finale (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"At more than two and a half hours the film is wildly, fatuously overlong (...) Dillon is coldly magnetic and funny (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Fascinating, confounding, decidedly mixed (...) The movie is only intermittently arresting (...) Dillon proves to be an intriguing, if not entirely satisfying, Jack"	NEU

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