Breaking the Waves

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 1997 Filmcritic.com

Lars von Trier knows weird and creepy. In northern Scotland, a woman (Watson) pines away in prayer for her husband (Skarsgård), who is offshore on an oil rig. When he is knocked into vegetable-land in an accident, he asks her to have sex with other men since he is unable to do so. Things get more and more deviant, while Watson's religious fervor gets more and more pronounced. Keep your eyes open -- despite an ass-numbing length (just shy of 3 hours), Watson's Oscar-nominated performance and a goose-bump-raising tale make Breaking the Waves a rare creepfest.

Rating

3.5 out of 5 Stars

  • Director: Lars von Trier
  • Producer: Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Vibeke Windeløv
  • Screenwriter: Lars von Trier
  • Stars: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins, Jonathan Hackett, Sandra Voe
  • MPAA Rating: R

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