Although this has been critically panned it deserves another look. This film writtern by Danish director Lars Von Trier and directed by the equally skilled Thomas Vinterberg creates a satire of american gun culture. It is a coming of age story with a twish. I would highly recommend it. Go see it and make your own decision.
This is the kind of film that continues to move and provoke you days later. It does not attempt to treat the subject directly, or even provide a clear objective position. Instead, it captures a mood, and succeeds in showing the absurdity of gun culture without ridiculing the charactors themselves. The viewer is left trying to reconcile honest angst with suicidal stupidity, powerlessness and easy leathal power, identity and lives of meaning. This is a great film if you go in with the right mindset, and allow the emotions to work themselves out in you without judgement.
This is one of those movies you come out asking yourself : Why did I come to see this movie? There is no redeeming feature. The direction? The acting? By far the worst part is the storyline. Encouraging violence, criminality... and, unlike what I expected, there are no morals or justification for it all. I wish all the kids in this movie brilliant careers as actors... but this movie was such a poor choice I can't even explain it. I would've put a 0 but I can't.