
On the night of her wedding, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) is struggling to be happy even though it should be the happiest day of her life. It was an extravagant wedding paid for by her sister and brother-in-law who are trying to keep the bride and all the guests in line. Meanwhile, Melancholia, a blue planet, is hurtling towards the Earth. Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Justine's sister, is struggling to maintain composure with fear of the impending disaster.... (Full plot summary below)
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On the night of her wedding, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) is struggling to be happy even though it should be the happiest day of her life. It was an extravagant wedding paid for by her sister and brother-in-law who are trying to keep the bride and all the guests in line. Meanwhile, Melancholia, a blue planet, is hurtling towards the Earth. Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Justine's sister, is struggling to maintain composure with fear of the impending disaster.
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| indieWireLisa RosmanIn Melancholia, von Trier has created a mission statement of a masterpiece, one that reminds us that nihilism itself can serve as a legitimate form of creation, a means as well as The End. |
| Bangitout.comJordan HillerMelancholia takes great pleasure in distressing its audience with ugly, harrowing imagery and behavior, but, more often that not, Von Trier's film is an exhibition of life's beauty and the shame it would be to watch it burn. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.A divine piece of post-apocalyptic cinema. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussAn overpowering large-screen experience for those willing to enter von Trier's 'magic cave,' where emotional 'reality' trumps the laws of physics. |
| AALBC.comKam WilliamsIt's impossible to guess what the end of the world might look like or how you might behave, but this alternately surreal, seductive and sobering descent into dystopia is as entertaining and good a guess as anybody's. |
| FilmsInReview.comVictoria AlexanderTo understand von Trier one must accept Gregory of Nazianzus's explanation of the ascetic doctrine as "the pleasure of no pleasure." |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellVon Trier remains a potent writer/director and master manipulator of images and moods. |
| Film Journal InternationalChris Barsanti...[a] gorgeous, clever and eventually laughable misanthropic tease. |
| CinemaDopeGlenn LovellVon Trier's Melancholia, befitting its title, is a sad, meditative film, brilliantly written and startlingly beautiful to behold ... It cries out to be seen and discussed. |
| The DeadboltBrian TallericoOne of the best films of 2011, a stunningly original examination of that which is completely out of our control. |