Breaking the Waves

I don't know why this movie didn't resonate with my heart. I guess I just don't like this kind of movies. It just didn't touch deep into my soul. The theme,yes,the theme is the problem. It also reminds me of <The... Full review

I don't know why this movie didn't resonate with my heart. I guess I just don't like this kind of movies. It just didn't touch deep into my soul. The theme,yes,the theme is the problem. It also reminds me of <The... Full review

Lars von Trier directed his best (In my opinion) film with this story of the power of love and sacrifice. Emily Watson delivers her most powerful (and debut) performance. This movie makes me cry every time I see it, but in... Full review

Emotional power is one of the most difficult and complex aspects of film-making to succeed in. Very few films can manage to be emotionally destructive, while still retaining the viewer's concentration and dedication to the piece. Yet, Breaking the Waves is... Full review

Emotional power is one of the most difficult and complex aspects of film-making to succeed in. Very few films can manage to be emotionally destructive, while still retaining the viewer's concentration and dedication to the piece. Yet, Breaking the Waves... Full review

I first saw this movie back in 1998 on cable. I watched it again last night. The acting is excellent as is the setting and direction. However, the story is very odd and often uncomfortable. A movie only a Swinger could... Full review

I first saw this movie back in 1998 on cable. I watched it again last night. The acting is excellent as is the setting and direction. However, the story is very odd and often uncomfortable. A movie only a Swinger could... Full review

The main reason that I loved "Breaking The Waves" is that not only it really tells an inspiring, wonderful, unique and emotional charged love-story, but it has filmed in uncoventional, revoluation, monuemental and odd camerawork for which Lars shows his technique... Full review

The main reason that I loved "Breaking The Waves" is that not only it really tells an inspiring, wonderful, unique and emotional charged love-story, but it has filmed in uncoventional, revoluation, monuemental and odd camerawork for which Lars shows his technique... Full review

THIS MOVIE MADE ME CRY EVERY TIME THAT I SEE IT. I FEEL IDENTIFY WITH IT. LOVE IT. THERE IS NO MORE WORDS TO SAY HOW GOOD I THINK THIS MOVIE IS.... Full review

This outstanding film is an overwhelming cinema experience which sweeps you away on all levels. A highly emotional and satisfying film experience. Emily Watson is quite extraordinary, displaying vulnerability yet immense inner strength in the role. ... Full Review

Lars Von Trier's deservedly acclaimed drama, Breaking the Waves , about a Scottish naif (Emily Watson) who goes to great, sometimes degrading lengths to save the life of her paralyzed husband (Stellan Skarsgard) is a different experience on video. ... Full Review

The title is misleading, since The Kingdom is barely mentioned; von Trier talks substantially more about Breaking the Waves and The Idiots. He goes on to talk about the great Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer's influence on his work: "I plagiarized," he says bluntly, presumably referring to the strong thematic similarities between Breaking the Waves and Dreyer's Ordet. ... Full Review

A fearless filmmaking exercise from start to finish, "A Hole in My Heart" is exceedingly kinetic yet always in control of its own shock value. "A Hole in My Heart" is a brave, shocking cinematic experience intimately filmed in a cramped Swedish apartment and following a total of four characters through acts of physical degradation, sensual perversity and emotional isolation. ... Full Review

Hand-held camerawork, which can seem like an affectation, is used here to remarkable effect. While most films about dysfunctional relationships fit neatly into a problem picture box, this wrenching but uplifting film finds its own way with energy and aplomb. ... Full Review

PM PT, Oct 21 2009 In all his best known works -- from "Breaking the Waves" (1996) through "Dancer in the Dark" (2000), "Dogville" (2003) and "Manderlay" (2005) -- Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier has repeated the the same template:... ... Full Article

Last bit of Cannes news. Lars von Trier, the Dogme 95 -Breaking the Waves filmmaker I used to follow before he bored me to the point of gouging my eyes out with his last couple of movies ( Dogville and... ... Full Article

Antichrist (2009) The movie turned out to be an exercise in power-play, titillation and deathly guilt. All these culminated in the macabre and the murderous in a film that takes us back to Von Trier's obsession with suffering women. ... Full Article

First off, I gotta warn you: if you are planning to see The Idiots because you loved Breaking the Waves by Lars, don't do it without a bit more research. It's not the sequel. This film can be seen as ... Full Article

British actor.Oscar-nominated for Breaking The Waves (1996) and Hilary And Jackie (1998) Breaking The Waves was my first screen role; I signed off the dole to make it. ... Full Article

By Joe Williams Post-Dispatch Film Critic 11/05/2004 The Five Obstructions *** (NR; 1:30): If you don't know Lars von Trier, director of "Breaking the Waves" and "Dogville," you certainly don't know the Danish filmmaker's mentor, Jorgen Leth, or understand why... ... Full Article