I feel like a john when discussing movies like this. Movies
where the main intent at its core is to shock people by any means necessary, in
this case made by a man who has basically built an entire career out of playing
edgelord for the arthouse crowd. While that methodology has at least brought
Lars Von Trier to some actual dramatic engagement on occasion, and even his
worst films show a level of effort that is the least I ask for from edgelords
(nothing worse than someone trying to shock you while putting in zero effort
whatsoever), the man’s status as provocateur makes watching his movies,
particularly his most recent ones, feel like I’m just playing into his hand.
And unfortunately, the same applies for this one.
