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09/28/06
A Hole in My Heart (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 7 Rotten:10 Average Rating: 4/10
Rated: 18
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Theatrical Release: 14-01-2005
Synopsis: Filmed in secrecy with a small crew over seventeen days, Lukas Moodysson's fourth feature is set in a nightmarish apartment in suburban Sweden, where middle-aged Rickard (Thorsten Flinck), is making a porn film with his brutish friend, Geko (Goran Marjanovic), and a troubled young woman,... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Thorsten Flinck, Bjorn Almroth, Sanna Brading, Goran Marjanovic
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06/24/06
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Sends your brain whirring as well as your stomach churning -- quite a feat.
01/26/05
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The question is: do we need to be hauled through scene after scene of drab, dehumanized behavior so that we may see, or at least hear, humanity restored at the end?
05/21/05
Moodysson comes on like de Sade crossed with Godard, yet by locking us outside of his characters, he fails to make them even contemptuously compelling.
04/13/05
An experimental, transgressive work that pretty much fails on every level.
04/11/05
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Moodysson doesn’t use this borrowed aesthetic to study what’s on his plate; he’s just out to cause a scene.
04/09/05
The film is yet another proof of Moodysson's fearlessness and his willingness to push forward and break through the boundaries of convention.
04/08/05
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It's harrowing to watch just how far these four actors are willing to go to bring Moodysson's vision to life, and their dedication commands respect, even as it dares you to keep your eyes on the screen.
04/08/05
Will disgust many (probably most) viewers as it cements Moodysson's reputation as one of today's most daring filmmakers.
04/08/05
The degradation inflicted on the characters in Moodyson’s A Hole in My Heart is also inflicted on the viewers... an excruciating and appalling experience.
04/08/05
It's a mystery what the Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson thought he was up to in A Hole in My Heart, a movie teeming with ugly images and grotesque behavior.
04/07/05
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Moodysson doesn't seem to realize the difference between a film that's disturbing yet provocative, and a film that's just amateurish and gross.
01/30/05
a nihilistic barrage of sound and image that belongs somewhere between a Lars Von Trier Dogme film and the early work of Gregg Araki.
01/30/05
A cinematic challenge that eats slowly at the soul but never insults the audience or its characters.
01/30/05
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Lukas Moodyson's A HOLE IN MY HEART comes to the USA on April 8, 2005 - NYC anyway?
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