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The House That Jack Built

2018
Drama, Crime
2h 32m
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Rated 16 Dec 2018
80
77th
What is wrong with me I was bothered the most by the pretzel eating sounds.
Rated 13 Dec 2018
30
10th
Dillon is really good, but the super pretentious meta stuff in-between the incidents was execrable. Trier really ought to leave the writing to other people instead of wasting his considerable talents as a director on his own lousy scripts.
Rated 21 Jan 2019
80
79th
A meta-diary or cinematic autobiography that summarizes von Trier's artistic yearnings, desires, and disappointments. Just like his oeuvre, this one oscillates between shallow philosophizing of playful narratives and the profound agonies of the search for the eternal (hence the "house"). I liked the fact that von Trier can be this honest and controversial in an age of political and aesthetic correctness. One of the best movies of 2018.
Rated 13 May 2020
61
64th
My favorite non-Riget von Trier. I enjoyed this because of the humor, but for so many of you who take von Trier seriously and think he makes genius social/psychological commentary... if he was American you would not have the same opinion.
Rated 17 Sep 2018
62
56th
I have it on good authority that everytime there's a walkout at one of his movies, von Trier jizzes in his pants. If you can look past that image however, this is a fairly engaging (if fairly revolting) thriller, gory enough for the grindhouse and pretentious enough for the arthouse.
Rated 25 Oct 2018
91
93rd
A kind reminder to never walk out on films because all the childishness and silliness here is fabulously contextualised by a stunning epilogue sequence that takes a thoroughly internal look within ourselves and the world through some astonishingly artful mise en scene. But before all that, we are treated to some hilarious and intense "incidents", all the while not-so-subtly highlighting the ubiquity of modern apathy (a la American Psycho), but a slap across the nuts can never be subtle.
Rated 30 Nov 2018
4
81st
lars van tryhard
Rated 15 Dec 2018
32
0th
Probably the first von Trier film where his critics' usual arguments totally click with me: this is glib, dull, pretentious, nihilistic, misogynist (and no, Lars, acknowledging it doesn't excuse it), and irritatingly navel-gazing. It doesn't even have the strong performances or visual interest that I've always been able to rely on even at my most skeptical moments. It's not scary, it's not funny (even though it tries) and, worst of all, it's not compelling or interesting in the slightest.
Rated 02 Mar 2019
70
56th
Difficult to rate, sometimes it seems almost genius, but this is somewhat overruled by pretentiousness. There are some pretty hardcore scenes which made me feel uncomfortable while watching it on an airplane with kids behind me, luring at my screen while Dillon is cutting off boobs.
Rated 29 Nov 2018
85
59th
Wildly indulgent, but I like von Trier, so I don't mind watching him be wildly indulgent. Also funny and incisive and discursive in all the best possible ways. Sort of a neat trick that anyone who gets up in arms about von Trier's provocations is simultaneously missing the film's points about the oversaturation of violence in American culture, the misbegotten notoriety assigned to real-life serial killers, the general indifference towards tragedy vs the uproar over cinematic representation, etc.
Rated 02 Dec 2018
85
90th
This has no right being as funny as it is -- which is to say, it's arguably the funniest film of the year. And, as with nearly anything LVT puts out, the most indescribable. And how about that last act? Boy. Your predilection for its black comedy falls on whether or not you find child taxidermy funny but, ultimately, it's nearly impossible to describe this deconstruction of the serial killer genre.
Rated 21 Dec 2018
82
62nd
So much of this is among von Trier’s best work, with incredible tension, an amazing performance from Dillon, some beautiful shots, and an epilogue that’s close to perfection. But the conversations in between the incidents are so goddamn pretentious, the violence does sometimes get TOO gratuitous (although Mr. Grumpy, perhaps the worst thing, is also one of the film’s most breathtaking images), and the misogyny is very yikes. I’m sorry to everyone I love that I liked this as much as I did
Rated 19 Dec 2018
80
72nd
It can't be ignored that Lars literally included a greatest hits of his own filmography in the middle of this. Unforgivable. That ignored, I did quite love the pace and punchiness of THTJB - in many ways it is LVT's most upbeat film and I think it should be considered as one of the boldest serial killer films ever made. Certainly one of the funnest.
Rated 21 Dec 2018
40
11th
Me as a serial killer by Lars von Trier
Rated 01 Jan 2019
55
6th
Really a love it or hate it kind of movie. I really hated it :D. It was very slow paced. It had lots of unnecessary imagery, it had 'Evil Dead' kind of dark humor which I really don't like and it was such a long sit.. pff don't know why I watched it till the end, but it wasn't worth it.
Rated 18 Apr 2019
78
89th
About a serial killer who starts out with a touch of Harry Caul but then gets into the swing of it. Seems above all to be a playful self-reflection on the hubris, narcissism, obsessionality, futility and amorality of artistic endeavour. Bearing some similarities to NYMPHOMANIAC, with edifying digressions and parables on the paradoxes of morality, this doesn't reach the same heights, perhaps because addiction to murder isn't as compelling as addiction to sex, but still provides plenty of nuggets.
Rated 22 Aug 2019
76
54th
Is it a darkly humorous serial killer thriller? Is it a deliberate provocation that tries to make audiences question their love for violent movies? Is it a treatise on art, history, psychology and the human condition? Is it Lars von Trier disappearing up his own ass? Yes.
Rated 28 Nov 2023
40
28th
I don't get what Lars is trying to tell me and I'm too old to bother.
Rated 11 Nov 2019
4
55th
the montage of verge photobombs is a top tier father ted joke and i love lars for that. an 'enjoyable picnic' indeed.
Rated 18 Jan 2019
85
86th
provocative, symbolic and sophisticated. a pure cinema experience by genius artist lars von trier. certainly one of his modest masterpieces.
Rated 21 Feb 2020
90
97th
An extremely intelligent, but more importantly, beautiful musing on creative process, the impact, transgression and sublimation of art and its relation to reality, the appropriation of art by mass/mainstream culture and the ultimate alienation of the artistic mind...Reminds me of Foucault's critique of Las Meninas and Marquis de Sade , Mishima, Nietzsche....
Rated 08 Oct 2018
6
95th
This might be Von Trier's best
Rated 30 Nov 2018
66
68th
*Spoiler* As a companion piece to Breaking the Waves it's rather great (a good person literally going to Heaven, an evil person literally going to Hell). It's also a smart dissection of an artist desperately wanting to provoke. That said, it also feels stretched and Matt Dillon doesn't convince.
Rated 05 Dec 2018
78
60th
With all these stories of people walking out I was expecting much more gore and violence, but in reality most of the gore is neatly hidden, with just enough exposure for it to be somewhat provocative, and besides all the hype around the film's shocking nature, it's actually much fun, with surprising amount of humor and silliness. A pleasant surprise of a movie
Rated 21 Dec 2018
80
88th
I think I just love whatever this man makes.
Rated 16 Dec 2018
80
87th
there are many great scenes that keep an insane amount of tension; great performance by Dillon; master edition work - the composition of the movie (with gould's scenes, animations, etc) is truly outstanding; the conversation in off is actually quite enjoyable, nothing is to be taken seriously since it's the voice of a madman.
Rated 28 Dec 2018
35
6th
This was tiring. There were a few good scenes, some of them oddly beautiful and some just straight up creepy/offbeat. But I also can't ignore the fact that it's rather mundane self-reflection and murdering people for 2 and a half hours for the most part. I've never disliked a von Trier flick but this is a first. Dillon was mostly quite good in this but some of the acting was hokey as fuck and I didn't think it was as visually inspired as some of von Trier's other stuff.
Rated 29 Dec 2018
35
12th
Trier'in bu filmde, mizandrop, mizojinist, mühendis, pis seri katil klişesine canı gönülden sarılmanın etkisiyle çenesi bu kadar çok açılmasaydı, onu ben belki de hâlâ "sadece provokatif olmayı hedeflemeyen, arada kendine filozofik meseleler de icat eden huzursuz bir ruh" sanacaktım.
Rated 21 Mar 2019
85
75th
very hard to rate and watch!
Rated 09 Apr 2019
87
81st
Not one of von Trier's absolute best, but Matt Dillon's performance is brilliant enough to overcome its flaws.
Rated 19 May 2019
63
54th
Not since American Psycho has an artist delved this deeply into the disturbed mind of a complete psychopathic killer. Oddly enough, Von Trier's film is mostly lacking in humour which, when combined with its generic handheld camera work, gives it a dreary one dimensional drabness at times that could have easily been avoided, especially given the visual creativity on display in its epilogue. It's also way too long, but the narration is quite absorbing, and Dillon knocks it out of the park.
Rated 28 Apr 2020
80
57th
Almost like a self-profound confession LVT makes, with the dissection of desires and compulsions through a serial killer. Treading back to different moments that cultivate one's art or philosophy (of course this is in a horrific manner), the end is almost as settling as the house is.
Rated 19 Jun 2020
91
97th
There's no ambiguity here. This is a straight up autobiographical piece of genius in which Von Trier is played by Matt Dillon's serial killer. Deserves repeated viewings.
Rated 29 Oct 2023
87
85th
Like most of Lar Von Trier's films, this is well done and deeply disturbing. The ending is a powerful visualization of the destruction of man's pride.
Rated 27 May 2020
76
88th
All reviews say that you'll either love or hate this, but my problem is that I both love and hate this movie. I have a difficult relationship with von Trier. His movies feel egomaniac and pretentious, but at the same time he is one of the few directors that have managed to deeply disturb me. The ending of this movie is absolutely haunting. Goddamnit.
Rated 08 Jun 2019
70
63rd
Another film by Von Trier of pure meta-cinema. It can be renamed "the house that Lars built". Von Trier use the genre as an excuse to make a film about him pondering about his work, himself, his desires. He wanted to build a cathedral, but following his prefered materials he just built a macabre house made of human flesh. Yet still Art. It's all very interesting for a cinephile, but to being honest: "Lars move out of the shot and let me see the movie".
Rated 07 Oct 2019
77
74th
lars is an absolute madlad for this
Rated 29 Nov 2018
67
31st
If I dismiss the good and just hate, Lars would love me more than if I love. I like: imagery of the Descent, the sounds, situational black comedy. Dillon - well cast. Ganz as Virgil - genius. Hate: Lars intends to provoke. Allow us access into the psyche of serial killer/LVT. The indifference of the world to suffering. As Lars blasts a load of narcissistic spunk, I ask - What of humanity have you impregnated us with? You can’t embody inhumanity without defining humanity.
Rated 13 Oct 2020
83
71st
As disinclined as the world is to acknowledge the beauty of decay it's just as disinclined to give credit to those... no, credit to us, who create the real icons of this planet. We are deemed the ultimate evil. All the icons that have had and always will have an impact in the world are for me extravagant art.
Rated 08 Feb 2019
90
59th
1722: it was a sick movie!
Rated 05 Oct 2018
74
66th
It's a Trier movie, you hate it or love it. As for this one I expected more from him.
Rated 08 Oct 2018
91
93rd
Some to Misery are Born/ Every Morn and every Night/ Some are Born to sweet delight/ Some are Born to sweet delight/. Some are Born to Endless Night
Rated 10 Oct 2018
50
38th
Trier külliyatını izledikten sonra geri dönüp bir daha izleyeceğim. Sevgilerr
Rated 10 Oct 2018
35
7th
17. Filmekimi - Beyoğlu Sineması.
Rated 11 Oct 2018
50
20th
begendigim 1-2 yer disinda jack nasil cinayetlerinin gorulmesini icin yirtiniyorsa yonetmen de kotucullugu israrla ustlenmeye calisan yeniyetme gibi davranmis
Rated 16 Dec 2018
82
70th
Normalmente eu não caio no Von Trier, mas esse filme é tão divertidamente masturbatório sobre si mesmo que não tem como não gostar do narcisismo galopante que se encontra aqui, isso se torna tão ridiculamente engraçado, o discurso sobre arte, o uso das músicas, a questão da misoginia, a fama, o inferno intransponível que ao final dei uma sonora gargalhada que deve ter assutado até a vizinhança. É como ver uma criança de seis anos percebendo a própria inteligência. Rá! AMZN WEBR
Rated 18 Dec 2018
70
54th
Lars von Trier's take on the serial killer genre had huge potential - he's more than capable of producing something truly shocking and uncompromising along the lines of Henry: Portrait of A Serial Killer. But he seems to be uncharecteristically holding something back. Most of the provocative scenes feel restrained or forced, and the rest of the movie mostly treads familiar ground. Dillon is good, and there is some fun to be had for sure, but overall this feels like a missed opportunity.
Rated 20 Dec 2018
20
3rd
trier'in kendine apaçık referanslarıyla beraber form olarak film adeta bir "sanatçının youtuber olarak portresi." sanki senaryo yazımından çekim sürecine ve hatta kurguya kadar kendisi üzerine yazılanları okuyup hem hikayesini hem filmin yapısını değiştirmiş ve ortaya böyle olumsuz anlamda tuhaf bir şey çıkmış. matt dillon çok iyi ama gerisi gerilim filmi izleyip uykuya dalmadan önce insanın kendi kendine gevelemesi.
Rated 22 Dec 2018
82
66th
One of von Trier's most rambling, at times even whimsical, films doesn't deserve its 'sickening freak show' reputation (though it is very confronting at times); rather it's a very darkly comic horror movie that considers the nature of screen violence, and the degree of responsibility of the 'artist'. Lacks the merciless focus of von Trier's best (the 'artistic' digressions were stultifying at times), but Dillon's captivating (and fascinating) lead performance manages to keep everything on track.
Rated 23 Dec 2018
70
76th
good movie
Rated 23 Dec 2018
45
16th
The dark humor, casting, and at times subtly disturbing nature of simple scenes with no score at all are highlights. It’s also much longer than it needs to be, with the tone and pacing varying. The murders feel repetitive and pointless after a while as well. It’s a niche film, best for people who can enjoy art films AND brutality.
Rated 24 Dec 2018
80
45th
Believe or not this was my first Van Trier movie ever. And it was most of what one could expect from it - visually beautiful, provoking, absurd and apparently full of himself and even his movies. The movie passed real quick even though it's rather long. Don't know, interesting experience - and I'm probably one of few film lovers who got whole lot more of Trier to explore. Yay.
Rated 01 Jan 2019
70
81st
People representing this as some over-the-top Extreme Cinema provocation makes me wonder both what films they've seen before, and what alternative world they live in. Unless they are reacting to the duck scene but somehow can't bring themselves to admit the violence against people didn't have the same impact. I'm bird people, with the automatic empathy that comes from a history of engaging with them as individualised sentient beings, so realistic cruelty to a bird certainly stays with me...
Rated 07 Jan 2019
84
86th
Von Trier'i filmlerinin içine yerleştirdiği egosantrik detaylar yerine, bütünüyle bir ego izdüşümü olan bir filmin içine yerleşmiş küçük özgüvensizlikler ve pişmanlık(?) lar olarak görmek çok eğlenceli. Her şeyi bir yana bıraktığınızda ise film, sadece bir film olarak da gayet güzel çalışıyor. Ayrıca ilginç bir şekilde senenin en komik filmlerinden.
Rated 20 Jan 2019
80
69th
The House that Jack Built ile birlikte sanata olan hastalıklı ve eril bakışını sinemaya aktaran Lars Von Trier, dünyaya aykırı olan fakat kendisi ile çok bağdaşan bir film çekmiş. Yarattığı karaktere bir de vicdan ekleyerek onları konuşturmuş ama konuştuğu kişi kendisi.
Rated 21 Jan 2019
82
86th
Aquário.
Rated 24 Jan 2019
70
49th
Seen a lot of people ripping into von Trier about this one and I get the criticism, but Lars is gonna do what Lars does. I'm not terribly offended by his movie so much as I'm offended by Matt Dillon's performance.
Rated 27 Jan 2019
100
90th
Like most of von Trier's films, this will obviously be divisive. It's not his best, but it's nearly up there for me. The voice-over conversations go into too many abstract digressions, making the film feel a bit unfocused.
Rated 27 Jan 2019
45
23rd
Trier finally descents into hell in this autobiographic film that sees murder as a work of art - and our "hero" is trying to build this house, or actually build his masterpiece, which ultimately is a bunch of bodies forming a house. Formally limited, but some crude humor combined with egdy violence make the point for a solid work. It's just too bad Trier is so self-conscious this is about him - he kind of admits Hitler is an icon to him lol - and so unbearably nihilistic. Last hour is pure shit.
Rated 30 Jan 2019
85
79th
Am not really well-versed in Von Trier's filmography but this I can say was amazing.Matt Dillon gives one of the performances of the year being both incredibly funny and super creepy sometimes in the same scene.The directing and cinematography is also top notch providing some jaw-dropping visuals especially towards the end.It can be a little pretentious at times but that didn't really bother me, what did bother me though was that needlessly long runtime that could've been cut down by a lot.
Rated 01 Feb 2019
82
91st
"Picnic's over."
Rated 05 Feb 2019
52
11th
By far the weakest movie by von Trier in a decade. Not because of all the violence. I do get that the lack of emotion in those scene are meant to confront the viewer which their lack of reaction to violence, tho that doesn't make for a very engaging movie experience. No the main reason are first that von Triers directing isn't as inventive and good as usual, only the epilogue showed some of this. But last and most of all because of all the platitudes about art ventilated in this.
Rated 08 Feb 2019
71
73rd
Decadent.
Rated 15 Feb 2019
31
35th
Eh, for a Lars von Trier film it's surprisingly tolerable, but mostly because of Matt Dillon's presence.
Rated 16 Feb 2019
75
49th
I don't know why people were freaking out about this one. We've been watching films and tv about serial killers for decades. This is actually the least disturbing Lars von Trier's film i've ever seen.
Rated 18 Feb 2019
80
81st
esse filme é muito engraçado
Rated 07 Mar 2019
80
84th
lmao
Rated 24 Mar 2019
82
76th
Brilliant, for sure, but I'm not always sure if it makes for a good movie. Deep and personal, as always.
Rated 14 Jun 2019
69
49th
I'm Jack's hell boy.
Rated 03 Aug 2019
75
49th
Hit the road jack!
Rated 09 Aug 2019
7
50th
some parts of this literally turned my stomach, which is a first. the part about his hatred of hunting doesn't seem to mesh with his lack of empathy for living creatures shown elsewhere, so that was lars on his soapbox? I wanted to know why this guy was like this, and they almost lead me to believe they'd eventually explain ("why do you focus on the victims that were dumb women?") (almost homoerotic childhood desire to be caught) but they never do, those parts were disappointingly left open.
Rated 09 Jan 2020
65
35th
sadly had to turn off and when taking it up again I skipped through the most gruesome parts. while the twist was rewarding and the descent into hell fascinating, it didn't make up for the rest of the movie. the dialogues are mostly weak pseudo-philisophical nonesense and the pacing is off. I feel there are so many other ways to portray this psychopatic murderer that would have brought home the same point and made the bed for the ending other than this. oh, and haneke does it better.
Rated 11 Sep 2019
72
62nd
A dark and twisted tale about violence, the impact of violence on art, the impact of violence on Lars von Trier, Lars von Trier's impact on art and somehow even about Lars von Trier himself. It's twisted, sometimes funny, mostly evil, yet strangely compelling.
Rated 05 Nov 2019
68
52nd
It's a von Trier movie for sure but after hearing some of the reactions in the media I was a little surprised that it wasn't as shocking as some of his previous efforts. A few bonus points for the song choice for the credits which gave me a giggle!
Rated 13 Jan 2020
63
59th
no shit this guy is depressed
Rated 08 Mar 2020
80
68th
It's a very serious meditation on the relationship between violence, art and empathy (or the lack thereof), and to the extent that I find it a little alienating, it's primarily because it's clearly a deeply personal work that means a lot more to Von Trier than myself. (In that regard, it reminds me of "Mother!".) It's also a frequently funny film, using bleak, deadpan humour to good effect.
Rated 15 Jul 2020
6
44th
Hard to endure but Lars Von Trier is always thought provoking.
Rated 30 Aug 2020
80
65th
Lars von Trier has a sense of humor?!
Rated 03 Sep 2021
60
51st
There were parts of this I loved. There were also a lot of things that I thought didn’t work at all. It’s overlong, there’s way too much narration, and some of the philosophical areas it explored didn’t work for me. I thought a lot of the gore was great but some of the footage used, especially from Nazi Germany, was over the top and useless. I can’t even imagine how disturbing the unrated version is. Matt Dillon is fantastic in this. Probably worth seeing just for him.
Rated 30 Dec 2020
65
31st
I didn't want to like this pretentious, exploitative mess of a movie, but its strange humor and bold, whimsical final sequence make it hard to forget.
Rated 02 Feb 2021
3
72nd
Trier still got it.
Rated 07 Feb 2021
70
48th
Civilization is built upon slaughtering "the lamb", yet what is the notion of lamb? A lamb is not inherently innocent but something not yet matured; and rather reduced to be ignorant. Ask yourselves, how far you would go when you know you can get away with whatever you do. This movie plays with the idea of designated power to a "civilized man".
Rated 24 Jun 2021
60
58th
Lars von Trier is a hit or miss director. Of the movies I have seen by him Antichrist was by far the best. Breaking the Waves and Dogville were good but not great. Melancholia was eh. Dancer in the Dark, Manderlay and The Boss of It All sucked. This film was good and could have been at the top if it weren't so damned long.
Rated 06 Aug 2021
91
91st
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Rated 11 Aug 2021
58
51st
Host ratings: 66 / 76 / 72. Podcast review link: https://rydeorwrong.podcaster.de/rydeorwrong/folge-048-the-house-that-jack-built-2018-outcast-rambo-last-blood/
Rated 07 Sep 2021
6
9th
disturbing
Rated 04 Oct 2021
4
55th
I think I kind of prefer it when Lars tries to smile and play nice (yes, I see this as a comedy). but see The Boss of it All or his Kingdom tv series for a more successful approach to the Lars goodtimeshow.
Rated 30 Jun 2022
40
5th
A little refreshing to see a movie that really does not glorify serial killers, but oh my god this movie is bad. I had somewhat high expectations but this is disastrous. The stupid narration makes literally no sense and ruins the mood of the movie and at the same time makes it just plain boring. It is way over-violent (Tarantino style) for little reason and WAY too long with an ending that is supposed to be deep with loud music but is nothing more than an excuse for a movie. 40 / 100 Trash
Rated 11 Sep 2022
78
79th
The story was an interesting journey to build a more realistic picture of the mind of a serial killer than American Psycho tried to do.
Rated 27 Oct 2022
48
25th
This film would've worked without Dillon.
Rated 28 Oct 2022
80
63rd
A portrait of pure narcissistic evil. The main character is highly intelligent and has a certain charm, but completely lacks love or empathy. Jack is somewhat self-aware of his deficits and that pains him and drives his subconscious desire to be caught. The film would probably be better with some trimming and it is hard to watch the depths of evil that Jack is capable of.
Rated 25 Nov 2022
97
83rd
Everyone loves contemplating a journey with "Verge." Best if you're able to watch the completely uncensored version.
Rated 15 Feb 2023
90
52nd
Matt Dillon does a great job portraying a serial killer in this movie. I thought it was compelling throughout, though I wasn't crazy about the ending.
Rated 24 Nov 2023
80
43rd
Felt like multiple different films in one. There's horror, comedy, crime, maybe even romance? And they were all done well, but I can't help but feel confused. I want to like this, but there's a lot that just didn't need to be shown, and it would be just as much of what it's trying to be. Oh well, worth a watch, just to see for yourself what Von Trier wanted to dish out this time.

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