Idiots, The

Denmark 1998, 117 minutes
Dir. Lars Von Trier
In Danish with English subtitles
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Controversy

Feat. Bodil Jorgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby

Aroview: One of the fruits of Dogma 95, this sensationally conceived outing from von Trier will satisfy those with a penchant for the experimental, and confound and stimulate the rest.

Middle-class trouble-makers attempt to pass themselves off as a group of mentally-handicapped patients run amok, leaving a swathe of confusion, clothing and gang-banging in their wake. Bizarre, confrontational and somewhat jarringly shot on handheld video.

NZ International Film Festival 1999
Adopt-a-Movie Kindly Adopted by Alf @ The Moon Unit

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2 stars (Good Try) A group of seemingly intelligent people live as a community of 'idiots', taking delight in being as mentally retarded as possible in public and either annoying or shocking as many 'normal' people as they can. I tried to 'get it', but failed. ~GenXGirl
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3 stars (Good Enough) A fascinating experiment - and a fascinating concept - yield some remarkable moments of gallows comedy, high-tension, and shocking tenderness. Not especially satifsfying overall, but impossible to dismiss (or comprehend without seeing for oneself). ~fairbrother