Movie review: Dancer in the dark

A word to the wise – stay away from this film!!! If you’ve seen any of Lars von Trier’s work (I hadn’t), and based on what you’ve seen you decide to watch Dancer in the Dark, DON’T! It is horrible, depressing, sad, unhappy movie with an ending that makes Sommersby look like a comedy, and Seven a Disney flick. I hated, hated, hated it!!! (Okay, okay, it is an excellent movie, technically, and the acting is superb, especially by Bjork.) I’ve decided, based on this movie, that Von Trier is a sick, sick man, possessing a deep black cynicism (?) without parallel. Bleh!