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1999

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Flashing a mouthful of fake gold teeth, Julien (Ewen Bremner) wanders the streets of New York City, mumbling nonsensical syllables to himself. He tries to avoid the abuse of his sadistic drunken gas-mask-wearing father (German director Werner Herzog). He cracks a young boy's head open with a rock. He befriends a blind figure .. Read more

Starring	Chloe Sevigny, Ewen Bremner, Joyce Korine, Evan Neumann
Director	Harmony Korine, Harmony Korine
Genres	Drama

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- Harmony Korine's eagerly awaited follow-up to the controversial Gummo has, on the whole, had a much warmer reception... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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  I think I can honestly...
  
  I think I can honestly say that I am no longer an impressionable 18 yr old who can be brainwashed into watching silly pretentious 'arty' flicks like ... read more »
  
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  - 05 Aug 2004 at 16:30
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  Life is too short
  
  Artsy Fartsy rubbish indeed not even Werner Herzog and Will Oldham could rescue this mess very poor, life is indeed too short to waste on this film
  
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- - a customer
  - 16 Feb 2012 at 22:51
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  Arty and Dull
  
  I started to watch this film but after about 15 minutes I just couldn't be bothered with it any more and that is saying something because I'm someone ... read more »
  
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  - Henlow, Beds, England
  - 26 Mar 2011 at 00:52
- - 3
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  A work of genius!
  
  This is a brilliantly original film. Fresh, thought provoking, radically different. If you want formula then go down your local multiplex and watch typical ... read more »
  
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- - cap10xb1s
  - 2 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 26 Oct 2010 at 19:30
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  Not Great
  
  Had some moments but not enough. Performances were good especially Bremner and Herzog but just didn't captivate enough for a dogma piece.
  
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  - Ell1981
  - 169 reviews
  - London
  - 05 Jul 2010 at 11:20
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  immature video art
  
  Cliched subject, banal performances and pointless artiness in the camera work and photography; the whole film is exploitative, shallow and gratuitous and never ... read more »
  
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- - ikouma
  - 16 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 25 May 2010 at 21:02
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  Absurdity and dysfunction.
  
  A Dogma 95 film, so plenty of hand-held camera shots of an extra grainy detail. This film then sets out to reinterpret (break) the Dogma rules *in the name of ... read more »
  
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- - RideFlame
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  - Halesowen
  - 26 Jul 2009 at 17:29
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  Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
  
  An insightful look at mental illness or a deliberately provocative freakshow? Harmony Korine's follow-up to Gummo has elements of both with it's Dogme ... read more »
  
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- - Teebs
  - 159 reviews
  - Rochester
  - 14 Jul 2009 at 10:14
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  hmmmmm
  
  a geat idea for a film, and it was very well acted and well shot, but i found myself losing interest in the film after about 45 mins.
  
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- - gingerspike
  - 261 reviews
  - Grimsby
  - 07 Jun 2009 at 20:21
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  19 diddley donkey hoorah!
  
  This film is for an audience of an aquired taste to say the least. Harmony korine's first venture into the strict world of dogma bares strange fruit. The ... read more »
  
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- - Frank Barlow
  - London
  - 25 Feb 2009 at 15:58
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  Hard work
  
  Rather ashamed to say I gave this 30 minutes. Maybe if I'd seen it at the cinema on a rainy sunday afternoon, I might have stuck it out. But on a Thursday ... read more »
  
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  - 11 Jan 2009 at 21:11
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- - 24
  - 12
  I think I can honestly...
  
  I think I can honestly say that I am no longer an impressionable 18 yr old who can be brainwashed into watching silly pretentious 'arty' flicks like ... read more »
  
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  - Rebecca#61
  - ROSYTH
  - 05 Aug 2004 at 16:30
- - 12
  - 3
  It could dive you mental
  
  This film offers a great performance from Ewen Bremner, in a role that is tailored to his particular genius as an actor. He plays Julian, a schizophrenic young... read more »
  
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- - Boyle
  - South London
  - 02 Mar 2005 at 23:56
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  Sureal + Ugly = beauty
  
  Julian Donkey Boy is the film that cult Director Harmony Koraine made after the classic Gummo. Like Gummo, Koraine focuses on the freak and impoverished of ... read more »
  
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  - Koppert
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  - Scarborough
  - 03 Mar 2005 at 12:14
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  a darkly comic/tragic wonder
  
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  Ewen Bremner, under the scrutiny of some claustrophobic handheld camerawork, gives an extraordinary performance as the schizophrenic 'Julien' of the ... read more »
  
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- - Calvin
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  - Edinburgh
  - 23 Oct 2007 at 11:39
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  Julien Donkey Boy
  
  I persevered for 45 minutes of this film and realised it was not enjoyable on any level, so didn't bother finishing it...... if you take my advice try ... read more »
  
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  - Slough
  - 05 Mar 2008 at 12:19
- - 3
  - 1
  A work of genius!
  
  This is a brilliantly original film. Fresh, thought provoking, radically different. If you want formula then go down your local multiplex and watch typical ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - cap10xb1s
  - 2 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 26 Oct 2010 at 19:30
- - 1
  - 0
  hmmmmm
  
  a geat idea for a film, and it was very well acted and well shot, but i found myself losing interest in the film after about 45 mins.
  
  Report this review
- 767849
- - gingerspike
  - 261 reviews
  - Grimsby
  - 07 Jun 2009 at 20:21
- - 1
  - 0
  Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
  
  An insightful look at mental illness or a deliberately provocative freakshow? Harmony Korine's follow-up to Gummo has elements of both with it's Dogme ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 783656
- - Teebs
  - 159 reviews
  - Rochester
  - 14 Jul 2009 at 10:14
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  Watch The Idiots instead
  
  If you want to watch a Dogme95 certified film watch Lars Von Trier's 'The Idiots' or Thomas Vinterberg's 'Festen'. This is pretty poor. ... read more »
  
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- - Ryan Kent
  - Salford, Manchester
  - 19 Nov 2005 at 16:38
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  Full of warmth
  
  Better than I was expecting, and full of warmth. The attention Korine gives his characters is a reflection of the respect he has for them. The scene between ... read more »
  
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- 193297
- - a customer
  - UK
  - 12 Jan 2006 at 20:53

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- Julien Donkey Boy
  
  Flashing a mouthful of fake gold teeth, Julien (Ewen Bremner) wanders the streets of New York City, mumbling nonsensical syllables to himself. He tries to avoid the abuse of his sadistic drunken gas-mask-wearing father (German director Werner Herzog). He cracks a young boy's head open with a rock. ...