I have been wanting to watch this film for the better part of year, but I never brought myself to do it until this morning due to its reputation. But I'm very glad I finally watched this film. This is one of the most emotionally shocking and revealing films I've ever seen, exploring the twisted human nature that isn't often discussed. This equally shocking and personal study on nature is very effective as a horror film. I wish von Trier made more horror films because his use of emotional and surrealist imagery is sure to terrify. Everything about this film is amazingly done, the intense performances, the stunning cinematography and use of images, the impeccable sound design, the use of setting as a character of its own, it's got it all. The scene on the train is one of the best scenes von Trier has ever put to screen. And though the final act has quite the reputation, it's hard to deny how effective it is as a sequence. I'm still trying to process this film in my head, and I'm definitely going to need to rewatch it sometime soon.

One of the worst things I've ever seen

This is great, i hate it. Bro was really like: "I can fix her"

Graphic sex and violence. Movie is about the mental decay of a therapist's wife.

Esse filme é muito ruim!!!!!!!!!

I found the relationship dynamics just as interesting as the horror aspects. The sexual parts did feel kinda like they were unnecessary shock value but it's definitely interesting to see .

Those with negative reviews miss the point. I simply say, "You owe it to yourself to see it." It feels like any hint of why you should like it will be a spoiler. Life is hard. Staying sane is hard when you are in pain. Seeing more pain coming is hard when you love that someone who will bring you even more pain.

.....Chaos Reigns!!!

I already watched it, thank you. No more. And that's just for the last 30 minutes of film

this is not an enjoyable film to watch. stellar performances by the leads and, despite the subject matter, the camera work is appealing. The story is very slow. I will give credit for being original, but i would never recommend someone to watch this film. i did not gain anything by watching. i found the film to be a video adaptation of grief psychosis. For all the themes it tried for, the story made me hate "her" and consider "her" to be the complete opposite of any martyr for the "plight" of women

Very European and a horror in the truest sense: confusing, gruesome, and overly sexually explicit -- and not the fun kind; all of which I appreciated and respected. What missed the mark for me, however, was the cinematography. The camera movements and awkward zoom ins gave a weird documentary feel to it that didn't fit, and ultimately distracted from the beautiful shots. Despite that, it was another bold film from a great filmmaker.

It becomes clear later into Antichrist that all it's here for is brutality and shock. But to its credit, there are some genuinely harrowing moments and the acting is superb. This cannot save the film, however.

breathtakingly shot (i guess) but too much for its own good. Would've been great with better build up and an ending that didn't treat its viewers like a rock.

The melodrama and crying for the first three quarters are a bit hard to swallow, and also it was like watching some cinematographer's wet dream of a visual storyboard, but not one backed up by any convincing plot. The title, and many many other allusions, all make no sense. I was ready to turn it off/pan it completely. At the start characters are thin, the philosophising they do is weak and the exposure therapy they are attempting doesn't make much intuitive sense given the situation, nor it is explained why either character is attempting it. Expect very slow, melodramatic CGI to needlessly illustrate things such as talk therapy, snow falling, and many, many animal sightings. Each CGI horror brings the hokey title-page-led chapters to a close in a dramatic way, rather like a big gong. The way the screen glitches for no reason ever so often comes across as an annoying distraction and another example of artistic misjudgement. If it had the same fast pace throughout, and if the characters be a little more inert and normal at the start, I would have been more forgiving in my rating. There is something like five (an excessive amount even for fans) scenes of Willem DeFoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg having sex or making out, or doing sexy wrestling, throughout the entire film. Sexy but bumbling DeFoe is way too austere and 2-D in his role as husband/therapist to the sulky, childish Gainsbourg. Gainsbourg is way too fragile, wraithlike and dreamlike to be a real person, somehow lapsing between philosophical and mad. There isn't a believable amount of bandwidth in her acting between catatonic and sulky, in particular, given the sudden change of her personality towards the end. I would normally appreciate the yin and yang of such a contrast, but the relentless emphasis on her supposed madness seems to lean on too little plot and explanation, and even the stylistic changes from arthouse to horror feel like an unnecessary whiplash, and much ado about nothing. We see a lot of creepy dead animals that give this just the mildest body horror feel for the first three quarters, all the while failing to really explore the couple's relationship, which veers between emotionally abusive and passionately tender in a way that is manic and inconsistent. You feel this annoying couple can't get a grip. It is in the final quarter where all the CGI and body horror really shows up in full force. We finally get to see what all the hinted dead animal horror (tree horror, too) was building up to. The director does a fearsome job of making both Gainsbourg and DeFoe truly terrifying and only in the last quarter, this film feels like classic horror. Both actors do this part of the acting perfect justice. We have what this film really should have been, which is like an 1970s exploitation film about witchcraft, particularly the last scene which seems to take its cue from Wicker Man, but is unfortunately inexplicable. For this alone, it's a must-watch for lovers of the folk/witchcraft horror genre.

I hated this movie so much that I would give it 10 stars if I could for being so brilliant. It is sickening, repulsive, extremely upsetting and depressing. There are some unforgettable visuals, and the theme of the movie is horrifying. This movie left me feeling broken and I don't think I could ever watch it again. Phenomenal.

I understand the concept of grief and how it can mess people up. But there is too many stupids here making it really hard to be sympathetic. Why is the window open? It's not a baby in the crib, it's a very capable boy. Did the parents not know they had a capable boy, and how had they missed it? Also, it's winter. And the window is wide open? This is just laziness by the director. And the husband therapist that doesn't know about how grief works? Aaaaagh!

Boring and pretentious. This movie has some great acting but golly, what a mess. Shocking for the sake of shock, tedious as all heck and to top it off, it's a pretentious and nonsensical "art" film. I liked the fox though. If lars von trier can direct, it just goes to show that ANYONE can be a director, regardless of skill.

I really did not get this movie. I guess I'm not really into ‘arthouse' movies, let alone ‘Arthouse horror', so this movie just did not resonate with me. Others will like it, but it was a waste of time in my opinion.

An uncomfortable film, but its artistry cannot be denied even while it makes you squirm.

This was a decent movie based on witchcraft. When the sex got violent between partners it looked painful. A decent movie to watch