The first time I saw this I somehow missed Lars von Trier's name on it, so any "meta" commentary on his reputation or process was lost on me, but it was still reasonably funny, certainly considering the so-so premise (out-of-control method actor? Wacky!!!!), bizarre framing gimmick, and language barrier.

"Von Trier is using irrational modes of expression to comment not only on his own modus operandi as a moralist and a filmmaker but the enterprise of making movies and directing actors in them." - Ed Gonzalez

Good idea, but I found it too irregular and some parts difficult to understand. And well, I usually don't love Trier "innovations".

An extremely farcical farce in which von Trier seems to deliberately farce it up beyond all expectations in order to antagonise the viewer, which in some twisted way makes the farcicality all the more clever and knowing, the more annoying it becomes. Even though there's plenty to dislike in it - the silences, the awkwardness, the lies, the visual style and misframed shots - it ends up being a rather nifty piece of entertainment.

Irriterende dårlig og alligevel underholdende. Jeg kan ikke definere kvaliteten...

I see the funny, and some of it was amusing, but I couldn't find it in me to laugh as the air the thing pissed me off; wtf was with all that camera nonsense.

nah...

starts off fresh and fun. ends up losing some of the momentum. very bizarre.

Whenever I recommend anyone where to start with Trier, I mention this movie. It is eaily his most accessible and it will build you up enough goodwill to at least poke a hole at the rest of his oeuvre.

Lars Von Trier's most atypical film; a comedy about the cowardly owner of a tech company who hires an out-of-work actor to play the "boss of it all", a fictional man cited in all of his business decisions. Farcical complications ensue. Von Trier takes pleasure in executing the mechanics of farce (his addresses to the audience on his intentions for the film are gems), and while the farcical edge is blunted in the translation, you can tell that, for Danskophones, it is truly hilarious.

Laugh, laugh, vomit. Laugh, laugh, vomit. Right untill the end.

Von Trier's funniest since... well, Riget, I suppose. A businessman has invented a CEO to blame unpopular decisions on, but now he's going to sell the company and so he hires an actor to pose as the CEO and deliver the news. But since the businessman isn't a very good script writer or director, the actor fins himself having to improvise... works both as a meta-comedy ("The objective of today's comedy is to expose the comedy") and as a drama about free will and laying the blame on a higher power.

I never saw an comedy, which is so unfunny like this one. I have to admit, that I'm not the comedian guy, but it was an absolutly disappointing von Trier movie, despite the fact that von Trier is one of my favorite directors. And at the end: I don't like the idea of random computer generated camera and editing!

Hilarious and bizarre office sitcom.

Very amusing and unusual comedy.

Not an easy comedy, for sure! It is just great though - from the basic idea of the plot to the way how it is developed. Characters are truly great and bizarre, but I would like to see some relationships explored a bit further. It is so absurd and bizarre that one can't really hate it, though it loses some energy at one point. I recommend it

Good Movie

Aside from whatever Trier is doing with the editing, this works very well. I've read some interesting explanations about it being an extension of the irrational behavior that the humor brings out of characters, but it still irks me.