Dancer in the Dark

At the beginning, when you are told about the family and how the children grew up, you see it's going to be very different to what you're used to seeing and hearing -- which is, no matter what happens, you love your children. The 65-year-old Deneuve -- for 40 years, France's most glamorous actress -- is more than usually serene in "A Christmas Tale. ... Full Review

Honoured with the Palme dOr at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, Dancer in the Dark is an extraordinary and original piece of filmmaking. But most revealing of all is his response to winning the Palme DOr for Dancer in the Dark: one of complete and utter fear about what to do next. ... Full Review

Shot with a deadpan style, the film is utterly hilarious, as if von Trier had directed an episode of The Office . Now what's surprising about this movie isn't that it's one of the most original films I've seen this year, and that it's both a critique of society and a critique of cinema at the same time, that's what all of von Trier's movies are about, what's surprising, even down right shocking, is that this movie is a comedy, and a hilarious one at that. ... Full Review

The imagery and editing tell the story far better than any words could. The film, originally shot for television, has a storyline that is simple, linear, and extremely effective. ... Full Review

the soundtrack to the harrowing 2000 film Dancer in the Dark.... ... Full Review

After Homogenic came Björk's big break into film as Selma in Lars Von Trier's controversial Dancer in the Dark , which won her best actress at the Cannes Film Festival. Certainly Björk is somewhat earthy. ... Full Review

The film has since won the Palm d'Or, and Björk received the best actress award at Cannes. Björk now admits that the problems were not so much between her and von Trier, but rather between the music she created for the film and the character she was trying to express through those songs on screen. ... Full Review

The boldest experiment yet from Lars von Trier, "Dancer" is the kind of ornery, brilliant film that inspires adulation and scorn. Dancer in the Dark," the winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, is a thrilling, audacious work. ... Full Review

Im going to try really hard to explain what I liked about the film without blowing the revelation that Vader is actually Lukes sister. Until this performance, it seemed that Stormare had been pigeonholed into playing less than honorable characters. ... Full Review

Introducing the world's first "feel-miserable" musical: "Dancer in the Dark," a film that's as drab and dreary as most musicals are bright and chirpy. As Selma, Bjork gives a surprisingly natural, unforced performance, while screen veteran Catherine Deneuve is wonderful as her best friend. ... Full Review