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Man Bites Dog

Man Bites Dog

1992
Comedy, Drama
1h 35m
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. (imdb)

Man Bites Dog

1992
Comedy, Drama
1h 35m
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Avg Percentile 64.99% from 1943 total ratings

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Rated 27 Oct 2008
90
90th
Curbed me from pursuing my boom mic career.
Rated 17 Jan 2010
80
84th
This is less about the serial killer portrayed but more about our fascination with exploitative violence and voyeurism. There are a variety of messages in the film itself but it also unashamedly plays with our emotions in exploring the grim subject matter as befitting any dark comedy. I admit I laughed at what I saw on screen, so what does that say about me?
Rated 08 Jul 2007
93
98th
Stunning, shameless, and beautifully subversive. It's amorality and perversity is sickening and contemptible. It is a piece of art straight from the school of Decadents. "Pour epater le bourgeois."
Rated 15 Mar 2013
9
90th
This is basically a mockumentary about Kramer being a serial killer and rapist.
Rated 10 Nov 2012
70
65th
A uniquely weird found footage-mockumentary that stretches believability more and more as it goes along (the reactions at the dinner is, for example, really far out). Initially, I was unsure when and if it was going for satire because it's so damn dark, and that ambiguity added considerably to the unease of the hideous subject matter. 'Man Bites Dog' is an interesting and quite clever film which, although it does have a short running time, could have done with some tightening.
Rated 28 Mar 2012
70
65th
This was the inspiration for Jersey Shore.
Rated 17 Feb 2012
74
79th
One of the most entertaining things to come out of Belgium since waffles and Jean Claude Van Damme's accent. Never before have I learned so much about ballast from a single film.
Rated 14 Sep 2010
79
77th
The subject matter is absolutely vile, but it's so hard to look away. Does a great job at involving the audience and making them feel like guilty participants. The scenes with the camera crew becoming involved in, ahem, the action are extra disturbing for some reason. After a while the gruesomeness becomes a bit repetitive, and since the film doesn't really have a lot of forward momentum it starts to drag a bit around the middle. Ends the only way it can.
Rated 11 Oct 2009
80
85th
Brilliant black comedy filmed in stylish black-and-white. At times it does make you wonder if you really should be laughing at the things you are witnessing and sometimes you really cannot laugh anymore when things get a bit too disturbing. I guess it takes a bit of a strange sense of humor to get this one.
Rated 18 Sep 2009
91
90th
A wonderfully dark and disturbing satire, right down my alley. The lead actor steals the whole film.
Rated 17 Jul 2009
75
81st
I know the proper way to drown midgets now. Thanks, "Man Bites Dog!"
Rated 14 Oct 2008
95
98th
Very good Belgian crime-comedy, special absurd movie in French. Nice done in black and white. Great !
Rated 17 Jun 2008
4
37th
As any kind of satire, it's absolutely retarded. As some bizarre dark comedy, it's alright. It was at least quite interesting.
Rated 13 Feb 2008
94
98th
Thought-provoking and hilarious at the same time. One of those movie-experiences that opened my eyes for the potential of cinema.
Rated 29 Dec 2018
82
84th
This is actually. . . way fucking better than I remember. I think it was so over-hyped at the time I first saw it I expected more.
Rated 13 Feb 2018
77
49th
This Belgian creative trio pre-empted the wave of mockumentaries and reality TV that came after 2000 with this jet black satire about violence in society and the media. It's pretty engaging at the beginning, like watching a car crash as you observe this character's psychopathic deeds and casual wisecracks, and wonder when his comeuppance will arrive. As it goes on it stalls a little, and my interest began to wane... but still commendable, noteworthy and important. Worth a rewatch.
Rated 06 Feb 2015
89
91st
It's incredible that a movie can be simultaneously so unpleasant and so funny, but this serial killer mockumentary proves it possible.
Rated 12 Sep 2014
60
40th
I enjoyed this enough. Really like the "This is Spinal Tap" for serial killers. I think it's made pretty well and is definitely very interesting, but I unfortunately just did not find it that funny, or engaging, personally. Definitely worth a watch just because of how inventive and mad the concept is.
Rated 21 Apr 2014
76
63rd
If this had been played completely straight, it would have crashed and burned pretty terribly. As a blacker than black comedy, however, it works pretty well. It's refreshing to see a very innovative use of the "found footage"-esque style before mainstream cinema took it out back and shot it.
Rated 28 Dec 2013
40
18th
This movie has a great and interesting concept but it doesn't really work as a movie. This film like Natural Born Killers which it reminds me of both fail for the same reason, they bore me. I'm not shocked, sickened, outraged or anything from watching this movie. The Black humor fell flat for me. Once again I just don't really seem to like most French Cinema.
Rated 01 Apr 2013
3
45th
An undeniably prescient mockumentary. It makes interesting insight into the relationships people have with cameras; how it becomes a tool of narcissism for those in front of it, and how filmmakers can be complicit in their subjects' dubious behavior. These are ideas more relevant now than ever, in the world of reality television's grotesque mega-popularity. Still, I couldn't help but feel it's a little one-note, wearing its blunt themes pretty thin over the course of a relatively short run time.
Rated 18 Nov 2012
60
50th
It's definitely something else, and therefore quite memorable. It has a strange feel to it, that takes the seriousness out of even the seemingly serious scenes - something that probably comes from the interesting mix of found footage, mockumentary and satire. I didn't like the "A Clockwork Orange" inspired scene, though; it seemed misplaced within the rest of it.
Rated 13 Feb 2012
45
8th
highly experimental but boring in a humanless way -excellent for pseudo intellectuals and aspiring new wave directors
Rated 09 Jan 2012
42
3rd
Had a couple of funny and original scenes but overall the film lacked plot development and more likeable characters. It was a bit dragging.
Rated 14 Apr 2011
5
3rd
5 points for the concept alone, this is the worst executed idea possibly in cinema history. Everything about this mockumentary feels staged and ridiculous nearly 80% of the film is rambling French gibberish.
Rated 25 Aug 2010
85
80th
Macabre, hilarious, and intelligent, Man Bites Dog is an outstanding black comedy. The faux-documentary concept was handled flawlessly and there were some incredibly well-shot scenes (the factory scene, especially). Poelvoorde's acting in the lead role is nothing to be overlooked, either. The main ideas and themes aren't anything innovative, but it was just executed so well that I can forgive that aspect. It's a good'n.
Rated 29 Jul 2010
94
98th
Undisputedly the finest piece of art, from my home country Belgium. It has humor, it has gore, it has violence, it has style, and it has Benoit Poelvoorde as your not so typical serial killer. A movie like no other. Watch it.
Rated 21 Mar 2010
88
88th
Very darkly funny. I loved the way it unfolded and gradually got more and more sadistic. Great film.
Rated 27 Feb 2010
75
39th
A very interesting low budget effort. It relies a lot on its brutality and the psychopathy of its protagonist to put the viewer in an uncomfortable place and it does its job fairly well in that regard, however, it isn't a stand-out in any other regard, the message it makes is poignant and left me thinking afterward, but I wasn't terribly consumed by the film itself. A good piece, very effectively made and put together, but simply not outstanding. Still worth a watch.
Rated 16 Jan 2010
95
85th
We learn that if your a ass hole serial killer who kills old people, rapes a guy's chubby wife then guts her, and then does a bunch of other horrible shit then you get what's coming to you.
Rated 12 Jan 2010
90
96th
This is a great training movie. It has a lot of useful information: how much weight do you need to add when you are trying to sink a body of a child, old person, woman... What's the best time to kill a postman. When to eat clams and when not to. A really profound and well made documentary about a normal guy who can offer wisdom to every one of us.
Rated 28 Dec 2009
88
83rd
Extremely hard to watch, but all the violence is in service of an important message. Many images and vignettes you won't soon forget, for better or worse.
Rated 21 Jul 2009
86
82nd
Disturbing for its main character's nonchalant attitude toward killing random people, and for its unpredictably shocking nature. I love the way the crew members themselves gradually get sucked into Benoit's perverse world. They begin as merely a film crew, but slowly become accomplices in an insane murder spree. Really great stuff.
Rated 14 Feb 2009
75
71st
Dark humor at doses giants. The interpretations of some actors, have an impressive degree of realism.
Rated 18 Nov 2008
8
85th
It's as haunting as it is jovial. A very disgusting and depressing film, not for the faint of heart.
Rated 15 Sep 2008
79
70th
An outstanding black comedy, with a charismatic lead and a powerful moral message to ground its (often gruesome) content. It's rewatch value is lessened, though, by the often pornographic nature of its imagery.
Rated 30 Aug 2008
84
89th
Excellent lead actor, even overruling the others. Media satire with layers. Hilarious and shocking. Better faux-documentary than REC (and there's no zombies!!).
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
84th
An absolutely brilliant and sick film about a documentary film crew following around a serial killer at work. His wit and charm seduces the crew, and before long they find themselves not just recording his crimes, but becoming actively involved in them as well.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
77
79th
to be honest, it's been awhile since I've seen this one, but I absolutely adored the jet black humour that permeates the film, especially when the cameraman is accidentally killed and they set off in search of a different hitman, who happens to have a film crew following him too.
Rated 03 May 2007
84
88th
Absurd, confronting, funny, ... It gives you a nice perspective on media and the ethics it uses while searching for sensation. Man Bites Dog belongs in the same category as Natural Born Killers and Funny Games, but because of the original approach, the jokes and the rape scene it really gets its message out there.
Rated 26 Dec 2006
91
95th
Amongst the blackest of black comedies with it's fake documentary style and killings that are startling. The documentary framing does allow for an examination of the film's content in a way most black comedies can't, and I think it's to the film's benefit.
Rated 29 Sep 2024
64
27th
Gritty and gruesome mockumentary is well performed, with our multi-hyphenate leads not giving their audience an inch in their depiction of bleak and cold cruelty, but like many of these apparently anti-violence screeds, the manipulative hypocrisy of rubbing of its audience’s nose into ugliness before chiding them for their imagined enjoyment makes this difficult to digest. There’s really never much to find fun or funny here (and god help those who nod along with this heavy handed lesson!)
Rated 22 Sep 2024
81
78th
2024'de #IzlediğimFilmler ; 219. C'est arrivé près de chez vous Yine @canevrenol önerisi ile. Tekinsiz, edepsiz ve son derece çarpıcı. Sinemanın potansiyeli neredeyse sonsuz ve bunu örnekleyen güzel filmlerden. Yine kime önereceğinizi iyi seçmeniz gerekiyor tabii. 8/10
Rated 03 Apr 2024
74
50th
Great idea, good execution.
Rated 19 Feb 2024
75
76th
Entertaining film wrought with the blackest French comedy. This could easily have been a disaster but I thought it quite wonderful.
Rated 29 Jan 2024
78
75th
A classical dark comedy fake documentary, getting old a little but still enjoyable
Rated 26 May 2023
60
44th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw7xjHBJOvs
Rated 16 Oct 2022
80
25th
It's a good film, but there's a lot about it making it a one time watch.
Rated 18 Sep 2022
75
36th
An uncanny film, yet somehow intriguing and humorous.
Rated 21 Aug 2022
62
35th
Aconteceu perto da sua casa estreava há 30 anos na Bélgica. BORING. Provavelmente acharia ótimo se eu tivesse assistido nos anos 90, mas hoje me deu um tédio tremendo. Por outro lado cometi um ato falho ótimo escrevendo "Man bites God". BlurayRip RARBG.
Rated 05 Feb 2022
73
78th
It has inevitably lost some of its impact with time, but it is superior to the likes of Funny Games because there is no false distance from its subject. The mockumentary style is also more cinematic than most of its kind, and Poelvoode's performance remains compelling and unique.
Rated 02 Nov 2021
83
91st
Impressive work
Rated 14 Sep 2021
48
51st
it's a pretty decent film but it was just so excruciatingly boring and annoying to watch I just can't give it a higher rating than this
Rated 25 Aug 2021
70
63rd
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Rated 21 Aug 2021
100
97th
Unorthodox, hilarious, disturbing, ... Benoit Poelvoorde's performance was just majestic!
Rated 07 Aug 2021
75
74th
Legendary performance by Poelvoorde. A film crew commits to follow a professional murderer and shoot his actions in real time, eventually they become accomplices, they are hit personally. It's an extreme situation that questions where the desire to create movies would go, what would be the limits, a producer that has no boundaries on the content and the way to finance the movie.
Rated 04 Apr 2021
10
14th
it stinks, guys
Rated 06 Jan 2021
89
82nd
The main character really grows on you. Energetic, self-centered, intelligent, poetic, sadistic and sick works so well if played well, and it does work well fortunately. One of the better black comedies I've seen last couple of years. The whole documentary approach and the team's perspective is refreshing and skillfully used. And all the mistakes are therefore pristine and in the spirit of the movie.
Rated 08 Sep 2020
80
95th
Deliciously black.
Rated 19 Jul 2020
79
81st
The dark humor and macabre absurdity reminds me more than occasionally of Almodovar at his most audacious--without any of the warmth, of course. Pretty good black comedy/social satire, capped with a big dose of oh-so-French nihilism.
Rated 11 Apr 2020
20
51st
Rated 18 May 2019
76
46th
For a film with such a low production value, the violence and camerawork is really well made. However, the camp elements are too much, at times
Rated 16 May 2018
90
89th
A must see.
Rated 18 Mar 2018
5
18th
too flippant, turd of an ending
Rated 19 Aug 2017
70
73rd
Utterly fascinating documentary that blurs the line between reality and fiction.
Rated 08 Aug 2017
70
56th
As dark as a dark comedy will get. In some ways it had to be as vile as it is to gets point across in the most effective way. You'll laugh often but there are also some very disturbing moments. Probably not something I'll be in a rush to ever see again, but I'm glad I saw it.
Rated 24 Jun 2017
81
77th
If Christopher Guest went dark...nope even darker. An oddly prophetic look at society in the most morse way possible.
Rated 19 Jul 2016
70
76th
while it's terrifying in all the right ways, with a pair of truly laugh-out-loud moments, it suffers from me seeing it after it inspired a generation of films to ape it, including the (imo superior) Behind the Mask. It's sort of like seeing Rocky for the first time years after seeing it parodied and recreated in everything else. It also has that insufferable film-student ending: Can't think of an ending? fade to black, hail of bullets, roll credits
Rated 15 Jul 2016
30
2nd
I honestly don't know what to rate this film. The film was made to offend and shock - and it worked so much to the point where I hated it - which was also kind of intentional. I still recommend this movie to people, despite me hating it. Why? Because I appreciate the hell out of it - its structure, its audaciousness. I just don't personally enjoy it.
Rated 01 Apr 2016
90
86th
well well thought
Rated 23 Sep 2015
80
26th
I recognize its brilliance, but this film made my skin crawl. One of the most uncomfortable viewing experiences I've ever had.
Rated 24 Aug 2015
86
95th
Once I buried two Arabs in a wall over there... Facing Mecca, of course.
Rated 19 Jul 2015
74
94th
Cinema,Cinemaaaaaaaaa!
Rated 23 Jan 2015
75
64th
An interesting documentary, where the supposed boundary between the documentarian and subject are collapsed. The film is a black comedy, but this doesn't remove the vileness of Ben, as affable as he presents himself.
Rated 12 Oct 2014
93
95th
20sec in, you have to deal with all the curelty against women, old People, blacks, children! You've to deal with the fact that this is pretty funny. You laugh, identify perhaps. And even if you are immune against Poelvoordes charm and his once-in-a-lifetime-performance, you will never attack him for moral reasons. You treat him like the nag at the party. What does this say about you that you see homocide and rape like an inappropriate joke. Only cinema, a few movies can ask this question.
Rated 11 May 2014
70
67th
I think it may have been more effective if I hadn't already seen the same basic concept in Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006), but this one definitely gets credit for doing it earlier. The direction and editing of this isn't the smoothest, but that really just adds to the raw, gritty style and atmosphere. Some of it was definitely unnerving and it delivered some genuinely shocking moments. It's a good watch for those interested in alternative/independent film.
Rated 23 Mar 2014
84
79th
84.000
Rated 10 Mar 2013
45
28th
I get the feeling that this film is exactly as intended. I just found it a bit too ponderous. Perhaps it would have made a better short film.
Rated 24 Feb 2013
85
42nd
This film is gripping right from the start and I love the way it's dark, twisted sense of humour lulls you into a false sense of security...until you're scratching your head wondering what you've been amused by. Cleverly done i'd give this 8.5/10
Rated 20 Dec 2012
75
72nd
I didn't find it funny or shocking enough to appreciate the films full effect, but there was enough for it to get its message across. Extremely well made and consistently interesting (it also had me thinking and reflecting long after the credits finished), but not something I'd watch again.
Rated 09 Dec 2012
70
76th
Disturbing, funny and awkward. A hell of a watch. Memorable quotes: 'If you kill a whale, you get Greenpeace and Jacques Cousteau on your back, but wipe out sardines and you get a canning subsidy!' And 'Once I buried two Arabs in a wall over there... Facing Mecca, of course. '
Rated 17 Nov 2012
9
90th
(2nd viewing) With a face made for cinema, Poelvoorde and his wacky team achieve something films rarely do, making you derive pleasure from morally reprehensible acts while challenging your own ethical views. Daring, but it's also funny and ridiculous which keeps it from being ostentatious.
Rated 11 Sep 2012
65
42nd
psychokiller birisinin cinayetlerinin kameraya alinmasi tarzinda deneysel bi yapim.
Rated 07 Aug 2012
85
43rd
A grisly and experimental film from Belgium; this movie accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do: make you laugh at horrible acts, and make you disgusted by horrible acts.
Rated 30 Jul 2012
8
82nd
filming on the edge.
Rated 30 Jul 2012
3
73rd
midgets x4 old people x5
Rated 27 Mar 2012
80
72nd
I've got to admit, I didn't enjoy this film. However, that doesn't take away the fact that it's a masterpiece of a film. I've never seen a film like this. It's comical, gritty and disgusting...I'm glad I've watched it, but I won't watch it again!
Rated 08 Mar 2012
100
98th
One of my favorite killer movies. Rough in parts but tongue-in-cheek throughout.
Rated 05 Mar 2012
99
89th
A blast from the past!
Rated 30 Jan 2012
98
94th
A fantastic Satire, and in no way failed.
Rated 26 Jan 2012
89
74th
really crazy perspective for a serial killer movie, you see what he is like and how he does the things he does. Definatly many memorable scenes and truly the blackest of comedies.
Rated 02 Jan 2012
80
74th
A truely masterful performance by Benoit Poelvoorde, a psycopathic murderer, the subject of a fly on the wall documentary. Its black humour and the growing knowledge of "Ben" as a person draws the viewer in, as it does the film crew, to become voyeurs, even willing participants, in his vile acts and asks the question how easy could we be drawn into such a life? Funny, Interesting, thought provoking and different.
Rated 02 Jan 2012
75
75th
plus for originality and some great bizarre scenes. obv low budget drags it down, though.
Rated 11 Jun 2011
84
94th
Nice Movie
Rated 06 Jun 2011
80
37th
a darkly comic romp
Rated 22 Mar 2011
88
47th
This movie is fucking hardcore. It makes me wonder if this is what reality television will eventually try and do: follow a serial killer around and help him where needed with his crimes. Seems like destiny, right?
Rated 17 Jan 2011
85
80th
85.000
Rated 13 Jan 2011
83
74th
How would you like to hang out with a street-roaming serial killer? It's as every bit as fun as you'd expect!
Rated 06 Sep 2010
82
83rd
Illuminating documentary!
Rated 23 May 2010
90
91st
totalmente fucked up

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