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80 out of 100

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7.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 188 Ratings

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  • Summary: In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire's best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth. (Magnolia Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 40
  3. Negative: 2 out of 40
  1. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    Nov 17, 2011
    100
    Leave it to von Trier to conceive an intergalactic sci-fi metaphor for a psychological disorder – and then make it work so astonishingly well.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Nov 10, 2011
    60
    Lars von Trier's end-of-days drama Melancholia feels as if it's something from another world...but even by his standards this remote yet lovely funereal dirge is in its own orbit.
  3. Tampa Bay Times
    Reviewed by: Steve Persall
    Nov 30, 2011
    25
    By the time Melancholia finally crawls to its conclusion, his (von Trier) round orb in the sky isn't as depressing as the rectangular screen.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 72
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 72
  3. Negative: 16 out of 72
  1. Dieguin
    10
    To me, Melancholia was like having a perfect slow cooked meal in great company --- that one enjoys while having but later on remembers with an even more delicious memory. It is beautifully filmed, slow, simmering, thought-provoking (especially after it is over). I rated it as my 8th best film of 2011, but as time went by it climbed to # 4. It is hard to explain its beauty and depth. I still think of it often and plan to see it again.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. DeeperIn2Movies
    4
    "Melancholia may be the most depressing film of the year—excepting perhaps x-rays at a cancer clinic. Part psychodrama, part sci-fi, Von Trier's intriguing but portentous end-of-the-world fantasy had me checking my watch, not the Mayan calendar. You’re in for the time of your life if you fancy a close encounter with nebulous story lines and trippy imagery. It's really two movies, schizophrenically orbiting around a gothically apocalyptic plot...." (Entire review at http://deepintomovies.blogspot.com/ and also playing on Facebook as Deeper Into Movies.)… Expand
    • 3 of 4 users said yes
  3. JayMan
    0
    Unbearably tedious, pretentious crap. You may 'enjoy' it, or relate to it if you suffer from depression, but otherwise steer well clear. This is 2 hours of sheer nothingness.… Expand
    • 8 of 14 users said yes

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