Atomised (Elementarteilchen) (Elementary Particles)

Atomised (Elementarteilchen) (Elementary Particles) (2006)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 64% of users liked it
    (2,994 ratings)

With his bittersweet, German-language tragicomedy The Elementary Particles, writer-director Oskar Roehler brings to the screen Michel Houellebecq's popular seriocomic novel of two ill-adjusted siblings. Christian Ullmen and Moritz Bleibtreu portray, respectively, Michael and Bruno, half brothers… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 23, 2006 Wide
Medienfonds GFP

Critic Reviews

  • Ryan Cracknell, Calgary Movies

    A depressing thinker of a film that also offers a little nostalgia to boot.

  • Anton Bitel, musicOMH.com

    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 satisfied.

  • Harry Guerin, RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

    Grim, funny, moving and thought-provoking, Roehler's film will find some people who will rank it as one of their films of the year and others who will say that he has ruined Houellebecq's book.

  • Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

    Beautifully shot and impressively acted, this is an evocative and frequently moving film, though it's often hard to engage with its unlikeable characters.

  • Boyd van Hoeij, european-films.net

    I want your (sanitized) sex -- and a happy ending.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Brutally honest and not afraid to kick a few taboos in the balls, Atomised is the ultimate film about 'all those things we don't want to talk about'. It never declares its self-importance or even declares its right, in fact it's more about honesty being the best… More

  • Bannan i


    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… More

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