Overall: this a very good film, well worth seeing.
Pro: very visually striking, Kirsten Dunst is fantastic, the film often takes a light touch and manages to move back and forth between legitimately funny and sad/moving in a way that’s clean and unforced
Con: in order to get its striking visual effect it has to go stylized at times, and that leads to some images scenes and moments that seem unrealistic and disconnected. Maybe it’s the striking images, the humor, the music, or something else, but this film, while excellent, just didn’t have the impact of von Trier’s earlier films like Dogville or Dancer in the Dark; those films left you in a stunned silence like something horrible had happened to you. Melancholia just leaves you feeling like you watched a very good film
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