Dogville (2004) - Movie Details

A woman on the run ends up in small Rocky Mountain town named Dogville in the 1930's, where she offers her services in exchange for safety. But mutual benefit soon turns to greed and the townspeople begin to take advantage of her, extending her hours and reducing her pay until she is basically a slave....

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Yet again, one of the great masterpieces of our time will be overlooked by the vast majority of audiences, despite the fact that it stars Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Patricia Clarkson, Stellan Skarsgard and James Caan. Lars von Trier's Dogville is one of the most haunting and moving dramas to be captured on film. Full movie review »

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Anonymous says:

March 26, 2004

I went into this moving knowing nothing about it other than it had an outstanding cast. After 15 miniutes of the choppy camera movements and wierd camera angles I was nauseous. I found the narrator, John Hurt's monotone voice to drag and put me to sleep. I am sure that some would find this movie a cinematic genius but I left after 35 minutes. I was not the only one, several followed behind me. I have searched out information on this movie since and all I have read is that this movie is amazing! In my opinion, this is not a movie for the average movie goer.

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Anonymous says:

January 25, 2004

I saw Dogville on DVD since it has yet to open in the UK. This movie is sublime, the setting is different but the messages in this movie can be taken any which way - religion, politics, humanity, etc. Lars Von Trier in his own way is challenging the thinking of the viewer, he strips you off your clothes and makes you as naked as the stage this movie is set on. The actors are sublime, the acted their peculiarities with understated passion and brought such beauty and then ugliness out of these characters that you hope not to meet them in your life. Lars Von Trier ridicules the notion of goodness and badness, the kind we get in movies these days where bad people are bad and good people are good, here in this movie there is greyness in the characters. Kidman serves this movie well, she definitely was a stranger in Dogville, she is neither a saint or devil, she just is. This character could have been lost because she never really gets to be strong or forward as some of the characters like Tom or Chuck but you see her, you fear for her and are afraid of her, she brought a steely grace to this movie. The last chapter gives us who Grace really is, she is a liar because she fibbed about why there were gunshots. She is far more powerful than the townspeople altogether. The conversation with her father will get you to rack your brain endlessly because you don't know what side of the argument to take (I took her father's). You may not like Dogville, you may despise it, you may love it and call it the best movie you've ever seen but one thing that it will make both parties do is talk about it, all it is asking is to be seen.

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