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Overall Rank: 4351

Average Rating: 2.7/4

# of Ratings: 96

Theatrical Release Date: 11/18/2011

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 03/13/2012

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Lars von Trier

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård

Plot: As a new planet appears and threatens to collide with earth, two sisters find their fractured relationship stretched to the breaking point. -- Chris Kavan

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/04/2019

"Melancholia" is a science fiction disaster movie, but instead of focusing on impending doom, focuses on complex characters and an actual plot.

Bor - wrote on 12/15/2014

This is absolutely one of THE worst movies I've ever seen. Boring as shit, no plot, no story, nothing. I literally fell sleep (no joke) and woke up and still nothing had happened and I didn't miss a thing. I was actually thinking when does this nightmare of a movie will end. I was looking forward to the credits! Do not waste your time on this BS of a movie. The only reason I chose to see this movie was because I watched Nymphomaniac (also by the same director/writer) and I was curious about this one. Although the Nymphomaniac movie wasn't all that great either. I would give it a zero star, but I cant!

Daniel Corleone - wrote on 06/11/2012

Uninteresting characters, almost non-existent character development and nudity for no reason from a known artist spells disaster. You have two parts of the film about 2 sisters and a planet hitting the earth. You have artists whispering in dialogues, camera angles that bores you and a single location without any outside intervention despite the crisis that is occurring. This is a waste of time in all aspects, Melancholia is a sad film which shows troubled figures and a huge planet coming your way.

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Matthew Brady - wrote on 12/01/2014

I freaking hate hand held cameras in movies, they so annoying and the beginning of this movie give me another great reason to hate them.

The story to Melancholia is about a new planet appears and threatens to collide with earth, two sisters find their fractured relationship stretched to the breaking point.

The director of this movie Lars von Trier, has been well known for making movies that critic's are mostly split about and he he's also well known for being kicked out of film festivals. Watching Lars Von Trier movies is like a back and forward relationship to me, like at times I will fall in love with his style and find his directing skills kinda neat, but at other times he water downs and drags the film along and will say to myself, "Why did you do that?". I'm not the biggest …

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"Melancholia" by Yojimbo

Yojimbo - wrote on 01/31/2014

Science fiction by its very nature is taking a scientific theory, extrapolating it into a fictional conceit and examining its impact on society and the human psyche; in this sense Melancholia is pure science fiction. But while most film makers (mentioning no names...) examine the impact of a bug-eyed monster invasion on the lives of American meat-heads with big guns, wise cracking computer nerds and Maxim cover girls, Lars Von Trier instead uses the idea of the apocalypse to examine the nature of anxiety and depression. The story is split into two parts; the first features Kirsten Dunst's newly wed suffering under the burden of crippling depression on her wedding night, the second featuring her sister whose fear for the life and welfare of her son escalates as Melancholia approaches. As …