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Taxidermia Reviews

2006

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Three stories. Three generations. Three men. One bizarre and shocking universe. Orderly Grandfather is a love-craving fantasist who lives off feverish dreams and his fertile imagination. Speed-eater Father is a leading sportsman who for four years held first place in his category within the confectionery industry. He is still .. Read more

Starring	Csaba Czene, Gergo Trocsanyi, Adel Stanczel, Geza Hegedus
Director	Gyorgy Palfi
Genres	Drama

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Critic's review of Taxidermia
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- Tracing three corporeally fixated generations of a family through the respective filters of sexual frustration,... read more on Time Out
- 50110
- - Ben Walters
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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- - 21
  - 3
  Taxidermia is taxing on patience
  
  So, Taxidermia. A film that is basically 90 minutes of taboos strung together into a vague narrative form. I didn't like this movie. Yes, it's shock ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Flanimal
  - 19 reviews
  - Leicester
  - 18 Jan 2008 at 19:54
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- - 1
  - 2
  disgusting film
  
  This film tries to be shocking but mrely ends up being disgusting and I am not easily offended at all. The scene where he is imagining himself with the little ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 04 Jan 2012 at 18:23
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  Taxidermia REVIEW
  
  Totally unexpected, a twisted yet harshly beautiful film must be seen!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
  
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- - a customer
  - 04 Oct 2011 at 13:40
- - 0
  - 0
  Myth and reality; a gut story.
  
  Taxidermia is a bizarre, vulgar and gruesome film but not failing to be interesting, shocking and leaving question marks. A film with no question marks is ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 29 Aug 2011 at 14:35
- - 0
  - 1
  A skin of a film
  
  I like weird films, and Taxidermia is certainly weird. But there's a hollowness (ironically) at the heart of this film.
  
  At their best Terry ... read more »
  
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- - DeathOfNarrativeCinema
  - 154 reviews
  - Wallingford
  - 21 Jun 2011 at 00:23
- - 2
  - 0
  Angela Carter's Hungarian Tour!
  
  This films is rather beautifully shot and yet rather disturbing and surreal. It is also very funny if you are not easily offended.
  
  Fans of Angela ... read more »
  
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- - Kinkyfish
  - 96 reviews
  - York, England
  - 07 Mar 2011 at 17:31
- - 0
  - 2
  Utterly Pointless
  
  this film fails across the board..not only does it fail to be meaningful in any way, it was un-entertaining, and despite the hype really isnt that shocking (... read more »
  
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- - blondie84
  - 3 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Nov 2010 at 21:48
- - 0
  - 0
  Vile & Sickening, for those with strong stomach
  
  This film's not for everyone!!! Only watched it as it's my 1st Hungarian film (just for curiosity sake) and it's free to watch online otherwise I ... read more »
  
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- - TwilightGirl123
  - 37 reviews
  - Alvechurch
  - 06 Oct 2010 at 14:17
- - 1
  - 0
  A Comment
  
  Taxidermia comments on human nature by depicting it in the extreme.
  
  The film isolates various aspects of our natural condition, amplifies them and ... read more »
  
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- - FCEveryman
  - 1 review
  - Bristol
  - 21 Nov 2009 at 18:06
- - 0
  - 0
  wretched, vile, vomit inducing, highly entertaining
  
  i like this film a lot, a real churner of a movie which played with my guts in a good way. A real chunderfest of a film which comes from the grimy realm of ... read more »
  
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- - Brownpants
  - 9 reviews
  - Brighton
  - 19 Oct 2009 at 23:38
- - 1
  - 0
  Don't be put off!
  
  The story is split into three acts, following the three generations of one family. it took me a while to settle into this one. Taxidermia makes for quite ... read more »
  
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- - Matt
  - Stroud, England
  - 04 Mar 2009 at 16:42
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- - 21
  - 3
  Taxidermia is taxing on patience
  
  So, Taxidermia. A film that is basically 90 minutes of taboos strung together into a vague narrative form. I didn't like this movie. Yes, it's shock ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 514860
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Flanimal
  - 19 reviews
  - Leicester
  - 18 Jan 2008 at 19:54
- - 9
  - 2
  A grotesque triumph
  
  Unlike Palfi's debut Hukkle (a mesmerising observation of humanity), Taxidermia hits you in the face with loneliness, sexual obsession, greed, misplaced ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Cheltenham
  - 22 Sep 2007 at 22:22
- - 5
  - 1
  very poor all round
  
  Judging by revies on some other sites this film was set to be a non stop gorefest, with people saying that the visuals made them physically sick. The only thing... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bradford
  - 18 Dec 2007 at 13:09
- - 3
  - 0
  Mystified
  
  I got the variations on a theme of stuffing or getting stuffed, appreciated the atmosphere of violence, loneliness and degradation, picked up on various ... read more »
  
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  - FrankIV
  - 426 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 13 Dec 2007 at 10:50
- - 3
  - 0
  well what can i say?
  
  This film does leave you with that feeling. In some respects it is possible to say this film is a cut above the rest. I must admit i thought id seen everything... read more »
  
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- - Rudi
  - 16 reviews
  - Wisbech
  - 11 Jan 2008 at 01:12
- - 3
  - 0
  Vomit
  
  Now i have seen weird things come & i have seen weird things go...
  
  But this, though scores a star for inventiveness, loses other 4 stars as it ... read more »
  
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- - Zaroff
  - 53 reviews
  - Hay on Wye
  - 13 Jan 2008 at 15:00
- - 4
  - 3
  Good watch
  
  Lots of depth, good visuals and hidden meaning, a family trapped to be enslaved, with lots of gory details. I would not eat to much before seeing this, as there... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 03 Sep 2007 at 09:33
- - 3
  - 2
  Pointless.
  
  Absolutely repellent. I am never going to Hungary. Pointlessly disgusting but I did sit through the thing so I have no-one to blame for the emotional scarring... read more »
  
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- - DaveSun
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 25 Feb 2008 at 13:09
- - 2
  - 0
  Angela Carter's Hungarian Tour!
  
  This films is rather beautifully shot and yet rather disturbing and surreal. It is also very funny if you are not easily offended.
  
  Fans of Angela ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 970866
- - Kinkyfish
  - 96 reviews
  - York, England
  - 07 Mar 2011 at 17:31
- - 1
  - 0
  Certainly different!
  
  I can understand why so many people have said they hate this one. It's definitely not Hollywood. It is also very graphic, in oh-so-many ways. Having said ... read more »
  
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- 538116
- - a customer
  - Sheffield
  - 11 Mar 2008 at 18:54

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Critics' reviews
- Tracing three corporeally fixated generations of a family through the respective filters of sexual frustration,... read more on Time Out
- 50110
- - Ben Walters
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
- One of the biggest head-fucks ever committed to celluloid
- 41366
- - Bizarre
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:26

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  Three stories. Three generations. Three men. One bizarre and shocking universe.
  
  Orderly Grandfather is a love-craving fantasist who lives off feverish dreams and his fertile imagination. Speed-eater Father is a leading sportsman who for four years held first place in his category within ...