A depressing, nostalgic thinker - as it had to be, since it's based on the famous novel by Michel Houellebecq. A hybrid of the morbid and the mordant, the decadent and the darkly delicious, which will not necessarily make you happy, but will certainly leave you impressed. Beautif...( read more)
Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Ulmen, Martina Gedeck
"Atomised" tells the story of half brothers, Michael and Bruno. As children, their mother neglected them, leaving them in the care of separate grandparents while she led a carefree, jet-set life. Now ...( read more
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September 24, 2008
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October 15, 2007
The significance of the title becomes most apparent when you sit down and think about it but the strong undercurrent of the theme was diluted by excessively cinematic scenes. Questionable evenness, yes, but hell it was a very entertainin watch. The tits were particularly good.
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June 23, 2009
The movie is so poor to tell the story of the book that I read in the reviews. Both Bruno and Michael act like they are caricaturing the characters. The photography and flashy colors are nonsense. The directing is raw. Nothing is well made or designed.
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March 21, 2008
This is probably the most hilarious and shocking movie I ever saw! I def recommend it.
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December 15, 2007
For some odd reason I am just hugely drawn to movies of this calibre. They intrigue me to no end, even though I may only know one actress who...is from one of my favourite philosophical movies. Of course, I'm talking about Franka Potente...aka the Lola in Run Lola Run....which is...( read more)
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August 22, 2007
Je viens juste de terminer le livre de Houellebecq, donc je peux pas éviter de comparer les deux. Premièrement, j'ai trouvé que c'était un bon film. Les acteurs sont biens, le scénario est cool, etc. Côté divertissement, c'est très respectable. Le problème, c'est que le réalisate...( read more)
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July 28, 2007
An extra half star for the perfomence of Christian Ulmen. However this movie is the definition of an extremely pathetic german movie trying to critisize society in a blatant and unsubtle manner.
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