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66 out of 100

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6.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: An experimental horror fantasy in which the story of a screenplay-in-the-making turns real.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    80
    Basically an experimental psychodrama, Epidemic has a pleasingly slapdash, underground quality that recalls early Fassbinder and Wenders -- although, with its cynical premise and frequent infusions of Wagner, it exudes the prankster snarkiness characteristic of von Trier.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert K. Elder
    75
    Epidemic will never be confused with von Trier's great films. But it is an intriguing introduction to his later cinematic obsessions.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    60
    Aside from the Pirandellian games and some interplay of different film stocks there isn't much going on here, though von Trier rewards the patient with a strange and horrifying climax.

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