The House that Jack Built

Whether there’s any worth to be found in The House That Jack Built will depend on the viewer’s interest in delving deep into von Trier’s tortured psyche.

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Lars von Trier argues with himself in unpleasant serial-killer drama The House That Jack Built

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Lars von Trier argues with himself in unpleasant serial-killer drama The House That Jack Built

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The film finds von Trier wrestling with the claims of misogyny and misanthropy that have followed him his entire career, but not in the way you’d expect. If anything, he leans into both, daring you to look into the abyss with him as he interrogates his own dark side and banishes himself to the underworld.

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The film finds von Trier wrestling with the claims of misogyny and misanthropy that have followed him his entire career, but not in the way you’d expect. If anything, he leans into both, daring you to look into the abyss with him as he interrogates his own dark side and banishes himself to the underworld.

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Matt Dillon is spooky and possessed in Lars von Trier's serial-killer drama, a movie that keeps you grimly absorbed and shut out at the same time.

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Matt Dillon is spooky and possessed in Lars von Trier's serial-killer drama, a movie that keeps you grimly absorbed and shut out at the same time.

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Lars von Trier shocks with a portrait of the artist as serial killer

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The Danish provocateur, back at Cannes after a seven-year ban, is on maddening form with a dreary, nasty serial killer thriller partly redeemed by its spectacular finale

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Now screening in an R-rated edit, this tale of a possible murderer remains devoid of feeling or interest

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A third act reverie of scenes from von Trier’s previous films reads like that horrible office party you have to attend, stuck with an awkward, if earnest, employee who just wants you to like them.

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A third act reverie of scenes from von Trier’s previous films reads like that horrible office party you have to attend, stuck with an awkward, if earnest, employee who just wants you to like them.

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A homicidal spree that doubles as an autoerotic ego massage, Lars von Trier's episodic bloodbath sneers at the controversy that got him banned from Cannes seven years ago.

2364d ago

Lars von Trier shocks with a portrait of the artist as serial killer

2364d ago

Now screening in an R-rated edit, this tale of a possible murderer remains devoid of feeling or interest

2364d ago

The Danish provocateur, back at Cannes after a seven-year ban, is on maddening form with a dreary, nasty serial killer thriller partly redeemed by its spectacular finale

2364d ago

A homicidal spree that doubles as an autoerotic ego massage, Lars von Trier's episodic bloodbath sneers at the controversy that got him banned from Cannes seven years ago.

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Jack (Matt Dillon) is a serial killer. In a conversation with a mysterious stranger, Jack confesses some of his worst murders, committed, he believes, as a form of art. As they walk towards some unknown final destination, the two men discuss how death became the focus of Jack’s life.

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Jack (Matt Dillon) is a serial killer. In a conversation with a mysterious stranger, Jack confesses some of his worst murders, committed, he believes, as a form of art. As they walk towards some unknown final destination, the two men discuss how death became the focus of Jack’s life.

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Lars Von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ Is Repulsive, Toxic Trash

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Cannes 2018: Lars von Trier’s gleeful look at a sadistic killer is actually boring when it isn’t grossing you out

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Cannes 2018: Lars von Trier’s gleeful look at a sadistic killer is actually boring when it isn’t grossing you out

2364d ago

Lars Von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ Is Repulsive, Toxic Trash

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Something feels off with von Trier’s sense of artistry now. Something feels stuck, like his head’s wound up lodged in his rear, which brings the movie closer to “The Human Centipede” than I would have thought. But this isn’t cinematic horror. It’s proctology.

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Something feels off with von Trier’s sense of artistry now. Something feels stuck, like his head’s wound up lodged in his rear, which brings the movie closer to “The Human Centipede” than I would have thought. But this isn’t cinematic horror. It’s proctology.

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Deconstructing Lars: “The House That Jack Built” Is an Empty Apologia From Von Trier

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Deconstructing Lars: “The House That Jack Built” Is an Empty Apologia From Von Trier

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The director’s portrait of an artist as a psychopath reminds you that everything is permitted — except failed acts of provocation

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The director’s portrait of an artist as a psychopath reminds you that everything is permitted — except failed acts of provocation

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