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- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 45 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 45 m
Summary Focusing on a group of young people in a poverty-stricken coal mining town somewhere in the American south-east, Dear Wendy is an audacious and stylish exploration of guns and violence in America. (Wellspring Media)
Directed By: Thomas Vinterberg
Written By: Lars von Trier
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 45 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 45 m
Dear Wendy
33
5.2
Summary Focusing on a group of young people in a poverty-stricken coal mining town somewhere in the American south-east, Dear Wendy is an audacious and stylish exploration of guns and violence in America. (Wellspring Media)
Directed By: Thomas Vinterberg
Written By: Lars von Trier
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
33
12% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
44% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
44% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
33
12% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
44% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
44% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
A satirical blast at America's gun culture. But it's so entertaining that even a die-hard NRA member might be impressed.
When you have to ask yourself whether this parable is intended as comedic satire or stone-cold-serious moralizing, that's a big sign that you're watching a misfire.
Dear Wendy is absurd to the point of comic parody. Bloody as it is, it has no access to viewers' emotions, and its message - play with fire and you get burned - is too obvious to be provocative.
The film is challenging and consistently interesting, but also trite and overbearing to the extent that it damages its message.
The protracted shoot-out at the end of Dear Wendy is even more pornographic than the moment when a female member of the Dandies exposes her breasts. The audience is clearly expected to enjoy the bloodbath even while it disapproves.
It's a diatribe from beginning to end.
Annoyingly simplistic.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 User Ratings
5.2
44% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
22% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
33% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 User Ratings
5.2
44% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
22% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
33% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
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Production Company
Lucky Punch,
Nimbus Film,
Zentropa Entertainments,
Heimatfilm,
Slot Machine,
TV2 Danmark,
Zentropa International Köln
Release Date Sep 23, 2005
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline One shot is all it takes.
Awards
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
• 3 Nominations
Moscow International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
World Soundtrack Awards
• 1 Nomination
