That was an excellent one.

Expected more

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Forget the film snobs. They can't wait to show off how much they know and stick in all their clever gossip which makes up for an intelligent and balanced view. The worst - if you want to know - is the late Philip French who wrote for the Guardian. A much loved man and an ace know-all. I met him often. Knew everything and knew nothing. The feel of this film is what is important. The step away from the mundane into a fantasy model within a fantasy medium. The stage on screen. OK. It has been done many times but has yet to become a cliché. The acting throughout is first class and the voice over is clear and being English adds to the off beat nature of the movie's mood. I came to this film knowing nothing about it. I am not a professional critic. I just watched and enjoyed.

I don't think this is near the level of Dogville, not even close. That remains one of the best films I've ever seen. Still, very much a worthy sequel to it with its own ideas and moral questions. It's not as consistently riveting or as intriguing as Dogville, and at times the film lacks the former's certain punch, but it's pretty good. Bryce Dallas Howard is good in the role and she brings a warmth to it that Kidman definitely didn't bring. Because of this, it's hard to sort of see them as the same character. On the reverse side however, Kidman brought a sense of intelligence and maturity (as she usually does) that Howard lacks. Both are really good in their roles and I honestly wish they had been different characters.

it basically follows what happens in dogville but different actors playing grace and her gangster father, the gangster father played by Willem dafoe has only a small part to play but is very effective. originally played by James caan. i really do think grace should have been played by Nicole kidman like in dogville, but grace is acted out by Bryce Dallas Howard who i don't like all that much because of lady in the water, terrible film. Bryce is OK in this film, wouldn't say amazing though. i think the best performance in this is played by Danny glover but the best thing about this film that kept me glued was the narration by john hurt, the guy is a legend. he isn't the greatest in front of the camera but I'm so hoping he narrates more titles. now i wouldn't advise everyone to watch this film as it is filmed on a stage (just like dogville) and there's very little props around. you have to basically imagine that there in a house and not on a stage which i think is very original and brilliant and it works. good job to Lars Von trier for making another brilliant, dogville is the better on of the two though. looking forward to the third in the series "wasington"........... 8/10....... j.d seaton

My first, belated run-in with von Trier is this hyper-extended, unfathomably brutal condemnation of white youth activism's ahistorical egotism. At least, that's what I got out of it: the loathsomely self-righteous Bryce Dallas Howard's attempts to 'educate' a community of newly-freed Southern slaves and their masters may be intended as a metaphor for globalization or something, but there's more than enough to chew on right there on the surface. Especially for someone who has spent his own time wrestling with the culture-bound, missionary pitfalls of liberation rhetoric. The minimalist lines-on-the-studio-floor design job directs your full attention to the brilliant cast, who seem perfectly and improbably attuned to this snooty outsider's vision of America. On this evidence von Trier would be this century's Carl-Theodor Dreyer: brilliant and compelling, but not exactly the life of the party. My attention never wandered, and it's a good thing because otherwise I wouldn't have enjoyed the full impact of the mind-bending wrap-up. Docked a mark for being so hard to endure, even though (or because) that's the point.