Breaking the Waves Movie Review
Breaking the Waves Review
"Breaking the Waves" Overview

Rating: R
1996
Cast and Crew
Director : Lars von TrierProducer : Peter Aalbæk Jensen,Vibeke Windeløv
Screenwiter : Lars von Trier
Starring : Emily Watson,Stellan Skarsgård,Katrin Cartlidge,Jean-Marc Barr,Adrian Rawlins,Jonathan Hackett,Sandra Voe
Lars von Trier knows weird and creepy. In northern Scotland, a woman (Watson) pines away in prayer for her husband (Skarsgård), who is offshore on an oil rig. When he is knocked into vegetable-land in an accident, he asks her to have sex with other men since he is unable to do so. Things get more and more deviant, while Watson's religious fervor gets more and more pronounced. Keep your eyes open -- despite an ass-numbing length (just shy of 3 hours), Watson's Oscar-nominated performance and a goose-bump-raising tale make Breaking the Waves a rare creepfest.
Reviewer: Christopher Null





