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1992

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A documentary crew is fascinated by the charismatic, unrepentant serial killer whose crimes they set out to objectively chronicle. But as the violence escalates, they become more and more complicit in his shocking actions. A disturbingly low-key satire of the connection between violence and the media. Read more

Starring	Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde, Jenny Drye
Director	Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde
Genres	Comedy, World Cinema

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- A black comedy that makes some effective points about the relationship between cinema (or TV) and exploitation and voyeurism but which becomes ever harder to watch or enjoy, with its scenes of gang rape and murder. A remarkable, if sometimes repellent, fi
- 30526
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
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  - 38
  Don't watch it!
  
  Being open minded for different genres I added this movie into my list. I saw lots of controversial movies (Henry, portrait of a serial ... read more »
  
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  - North
  - 10 Oct 2006 at 22:56
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  - 1
  An Everyday Story of Killing Folk
  
  The film presents us with the interesting notion of portraying a serial killer at work as if we were accompanying the likes of Earle Nelson,Jeffrey Dahmer and ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 21 Nov 2011 at 01:38
- - 1
  - 0
  Biting stuff
  
  Like films such as Natural Born Killers and the original Funny Games, this questions the relationship between an increasingly violent society and the media ... read more »
  
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- 1023996
- - NDG
  - 127 reviews
  - Oxfordshire
  - 01 Aug 2011 at 12:22
- - 0
  - 3
  Worth a watch if only for the lead actors performance
  
  A strange movie - I'm not quite sure what the point was really! If it hadn't been for the excellent performance by the lead actor then I'm not sure ... read more »
  
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- 1007951
- - pjb1972
  - 21 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 21 Jun 2011 at 16:27
- - 0
  - 6
  NOT BAD, 2 STARS 4BEING DIFFERENT
  
  oh come on it isn't that shocking, i actually started to fall asleep at one point, the concept was good and it tryed to be really dark but it wasn't, i ... read more »
  
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- - BettyBoopBabe
  - 3 reviews
  - Crawley, West Sussex
  - 26 Jan 2011 at 15:42
- - 2
  - 8
  Give this a miss.
  
  I wanted to like this, I really did. It was REALLY bad..I had to fast-forward it to the end. I am very interested in serial killers and this film was ... read more »
  
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- 921007
- - Jessicka666
  - 3 reviews
  - Teesside
  - 05 Sep 2010 at 20:15
- - 3
  - 0
  A very unusual black comedy.....
  
  .....in that it is both black and comedic - A rare feat.
  
  The first ten minutes had me wondering whether I should bother, but bear with it and you'... read more »
  
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- - C1LS56
  - 155 reviews
  - Tunbridge Wells
  - 27 Mar 2010 at 11:32
- - 1
  - 0
  Hilarious Black Comedy.
  
  If you want to see this as having some value in terms of social commentary, then that's fine. However, I think this is simply a very funny film. I would of ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Peterborough
  - 24 Mar 2010 at 17:19
- - 0
  - 2
  Pretentious drivel
  
  The title says it all. Pretentious drivel. Avoid like the plague.
  
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  - Robbiedjude
  - 86 reviews
  - Plymouth
  - 03 Jan 2010 at 22:40
- - 0
  - 2
  A bad choice, poorly executed.
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  I've seen my fair share of films from all genres but this movie was just absolutely, anxiously pointless. I wasn't even aware it did well at cannes. ... read more »
  
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- - Chargerclyde
  - 6 reviews
  - Cookstown
  - 12 Nov 2009 at 19:36
- - 0
  - 0
  Subtly Shocking
  
  OK, so a camera crew with no money are following around a murderous thief called Benoit and filming his murders and robberies. They go from filming him to ... read more »
  
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- - Mosco
  - 201 reviews
  - London
  - 22 Oct 2009 at 10:54
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- - 51
  - 38
  Don't watch it!
  
  Being open minded for different genres I added this movie into my list. I saw lots of controversial movies (Henry, portrait of a serial ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 372788
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - North
  - 10 Oct 2006 at 22:56
- - 19
  - 1
  Unique - thankfully!
  
  This film is neither funny nor shocking. It is however outstanding in one respect - it is one of the most boring and pointless films with any pretentions to... read more »
  
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- - Bill Hardwick
  - Cheshire
  - 26 Oct 2005 at 11:49
- - 14
  - 0
  Give this a whirl...
  
  Although possibly a touchy subject when read about and abhorent to most people, the film is incredibly dark but very funny.
  
  The main character ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Warrington, England
  - 13 Oct 2004 at 16:14
- - 9
  - 2
  It may be good but ...
  
  It may be good but unfortunately the subtitles are written in white and superimposed on top of the black and white picture. This makes the movie unintelligible ... read more »
  
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- 27561
- - Al#1
  - EXETER
  - 03 Feb 2004 at 13:10
- - 8
  - 0
  Are you one of the gang?
  
  Meet Benoit, the ultimate anti hero. A deranged psychopath with an incalculable body count to his name. All we know for sure is Benoit kills and then kills ... read more »
  
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- - Nick72
  - Solihull
  - 13 Apr 2005 at 23:21
- - 8
  - 1
  Nonsense,
  
  Rubbish.
  
  There will be people, a lot I'm sure, who will consider this to be intellectually stimuating and well worth a watch.
  
  Well ... read more »
  
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- 544155
- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 24 Mar 2008 at 22:16
- - 8
  - 6
  Possibly, the best movie ever made
  
  Strange, quirky, provocative.....convincingly ,blatantly and casually brutal, gruesome and disturbing (with images you have never seen before), and dripping ... read more »
  
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- 481987
- - Remy
  - Stoke Poges
  - 03 Oct 2007 at 08:20
- - 5
  - 0
  One of Poelvoorde's greatest movie
  
  This is the best dark humour movie ever made. I would recommend you to learn french just to understand the movie to its full extend.
  
  Beware if you ... read more »
  
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- - Seb
  - London
  - 09 Jun 2006 at 13:16
- - 4
  - 0
  Small explanations that may help the maybe's
  
  This film is dark, meandering along with a serial killer. It makes no justification as to his goals, but instead demonstrates his dedication to his cause, when ... read more »
  
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- - Simon PARTRIDGE
  - Thame, Oxon
  - 31 Jan 2006 at 15:37
- - 4
  - 1
  Customer Review
  
  While one can intellectualise and justify the presentation of gratuitous and extremes of violence in the name of art you should tread carefully before watching ... read more »
  
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- 579146
- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22

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  A documentary crew is fascinated by the charismatic, unrepentant serial killer whose crimes they set out to objectively chronicle. But as the violence escalates, they become more and more complicit in his shocking actions. A disturbingly low-key satire of the connection between violence and the ...