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Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Working in English writer Lars von Trier and director Thomas Vinterberg tackle American gun culture in a highly original and deeply disturbing fashion; it's the kind of satire I can't imagine an American film-maker making. It's about a group of young misfits in an American mining town who form a 'pacifist' gun club. The purpose? To love their guns, (Wendy is a pistol), but hate killing. When they allow a young gun-loving criminal into the group you might think things are going to go badly and they do, but not quite in the way you might expect.Young British actor Jamie Bell is excellent as the boy who founds the club and Danso Gordon is outstanding as the young criminal who, at first, challenges his authority but who turns out to be perhaps the most sensible member of this strange gang. Indeed, all the performances are excellent as is Anthony Dod Mantle's cinematography. The film itself came and went with almost no-one seeing it. Do yourself a favor and look this one up.

What a stupid movie! It feels like it is going on for ages and it goes nowhere. The director, haven't heard of him in my life, I have to say did not such a bad directing, or editing for that matter. The cast was pretty god as well, Jamie Bell outstanding as usual, Chris Owen and Danso Gordon weren't bad at all, but all that could not give the rubbish script any substance or save that disaster of a movie.Clearly there is a moral of the whole story-guns don't kill people, people do, but I bet there was far more interesting way to point that out. A bunch of kids sharing the same love for firearms and exit wounds, playing cowboys pacifists could lead to one thing and one thing only- someone will get killed. It was a bit too violent that they all got shot so mercilessly and pointlessly, putting all that nonsense to an end. How this movie got rating 6.5 I will never know! What a waste of time and money! ...

Considered to be a fan of both Thomas Vinterberg and Lars von Trier, I was very disappointed about this film. This simply do not function as a story, or as a kind of criticism of gun-affection. The idea might be good, but it's all going wrong quite early in the film. There's several things that goes wrong here, not making this the cult movie they obviously wanted to make. Only Jamie Bell does the film believable, the others are caricatured.   Bill Pullman is the worst. One obviously knows this will end in catastrophe, or - is it a kind of happy ending about miserable souls? The worst ting is that the film isn't even entertaining, but rather boringly told, especially when it comes to the storytelling voice of Dick. This rarely functions in a cinematic film, and absolutely do not function here either.   Tragic misuse of talented Jamie Bell, and a hopeless effort to make an American movie in Denmark with international cast. Get back to making films from your own country. We love those. Get well soon!   Save your time from watching this. It'll most certainly give you more thoughts about the writer and the director, than on the subject they want you to think about.

Apart from a few moments of jarring reality - this whole film seems like one of the brief dream like sequences from some of Lars Von Trier's earlier films. The story is grounded in the mundanity of modern youth, but uses a contrived Western style backdrop to extract it's rites of passage plot and at times elements of shocking brutality are numbed by the histrionics employed in delivering them. The use of sets and choice to place the story in an old mining community, the Zombies heavy soundtrack and the use of solely modern-looking cars takes the film away from reality slightly placing it in a timeless environment by nature of conflicting periods. Centrally the characters dress and sense of honour as well as there insistence on using old fashioned guns is an interesting study in today's youths obsession with "retro" and also the contradiction of guns and pacifism is reminiscent of modern teenagers left wing crusades conflicting with their obsessive consumerism.The supporting performances are solid, if a little too mannered, but Jamie Bell's protagonist is difficult to place - quite spiteful and too disaffected to consider the fatal consequences of his actions.All in all this is an enjoyable film, with a none to0 subtle nor fresh, but always relevant message at the end that lacks the cold, bleak reality of some of Von Trier's and Vinterberg's earlier work. Still as a starting point for someone looking to get into the work of the aforementioned talents, this is a more accessible and light piece that won't leave you breath taken or thinking to much, but that's definitely worth a relaxed perusal.