The Idiots
The Idiots Image
Metascore
47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

Your Score
0 out of 10
Rate this:

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    80
    With shocking humor and surprising grace, Von Trier creates something unique and memorable.
    All this critic's reviews
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    75
    Fascinating, obnoxious and poignant.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    It's overtly about provocation, set in a tony Danish suburb where a group of men and women living commune-style in an empty house are discovering their "inner idiots" by pretending to be developmentally challenged.
  4. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    Tries to be daring and iconoclastic but winds up seeming as spoiled and childish as its main characters.

See all 15 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5

Current Movie Releases

Full List »
  1. Before Midnight
    Metascore: 95
  2. Star Trek Into Darkness
    Metascore: 72
  3. This Is the End
    Metascore: 68
  4. Iron Man 3
    Metascore: 62
  5. Fast & Furious 6
    Metascore: 61
  6. Man of Steel
    Metascore: 55
  7. The Great Gatsby
    Metascore: 55
  8. Oblivion
    Metascore: 54
  9. Epic
    Metascore: 52
  10. Peeples
    Metascore: 52
  11. Now You See Me
    Metascore: 50
  12. Pain & Gain
    Metascore: 44
  13. The Internship
    Metascore: 43
  14. The Purge
    Metascore: 41
  15. After Earth
    Metascore: 33
  16. The Hangover Part III
    Metascore: 30
  17. The Big Wedding
    Metascore: 28
  18. Scary Movie 5
    Metascore: 11
All Current Movies »