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Plot:
When a young loner named Dick discovers a handgun, he finds himself strangely drawn to it despite his pacifist views. Soon he forms a secret club with other misfits in his town who collect and revere ...( read more 
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MCT:July 28, 2008An excellent comment on weapons with an imaginative and creative spin. Somewhat unrealistic to a certain degree but definitely entertaining, thought-provoking and creative with some excellent old tunes! :)
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MCT:June 28, 2008Pacifistas armados. Adorei o paradoxo!Um filme sobre "loosers" que não se passa no high school c/ patricinhas malvadas. Me fez refletir sobre o incrível poder que as armas exercem em cima dos seres humanos. O filme também possui uma trilha sonora bem legal com músicas do The Zombies. O roteiro ficou por conta de Lars Von Trier.
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MCT:June 6, 2008
What a surprise Dear Wendy was original and alot more interesting then I expected. I didn't know weather to laugh or cry during the movies climax.
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MCT:April 25, 2008
Que final tan bonito y trágico. Lo peor es que se enrrolla demasiado la historia y no llega a emocionar como debería.
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MCT:March 2, 2008i hadn't even heard of this film before i caught it on tv and i was so amazed and couldn't find myself looking away. The story is so captivating i love the whole idea of the 'dandies' club, how they all these outcast teens found each in the weirdest way. They call themselves pacifists but love guns because of the power it has over them. the best thing about this story is that the characters look at guns as something of power but do not want to use it to harm anyone. From start to end this film is absolutly fantastic. Strong performances by everyone and amazing writing by Von Trier
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MCT:February 25, 2008
Ao lado de "Elefante" (Gus Van Sant), "Dear Wendy" é uma porrada na relação de fascínio da juventude americana com a questão das armas de fogo.
As metáforas estão todas presentes: a arma é comprada numa loja como se fosse um brinquedo; a relação entre o dono e sua arma é íntima e beira o romantismo; e, claro, existe o pacto de que as armas não serão jamais utilizadas, pois servem apenas para dar força a seus portadores, que se dizem pacifistas.
A forma como a história vai se construindo é perfeita, pois tudo se encaixa e prende a atenção por todo o filme. A idéia inicial é justamente fazer com que nasça uma empatia entre o espectador e os protagonistas, de modo que nos analisemos a fim de imaginar se precisaríamos de (ou se, pelo menos gostaríamos de ter) uma arma naquelas circunstâncias.
Outro grande trunfo é a forma sutil como o Vinterberg demonstra a ciência dos personagens sobre o perigo que as armas representam. É aquele velho caso de saber uma coisa, mas deixá-la bem no fundo, guardada, pois a verdade seria muito dolorosa e decepcionante. Essa noção serve perfeitamente como metáfora para a idéia de portar armas julgando ter intenção de não utilizá-las. A idéia de matar alguém é tão próxima, que, para evitar a tentação (a arma foi feita para isso, frisa o filme), troca-se a palavra "killing" por "loving". Isso foi um spoiler? -
MCT:January 23, 2008
Found it okay. It was a bit dull, but whenever you put Jamie Bell in the picture, I give it another star. It was a tad bit hard to understand.
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MCT:December 27, 2007
Écrit par Lars et réalisé par son ami le film est complice à lui-même. L'histoire est du pur Lars Von Trier mais pas la réalisatoin est plus flexible et douce que lui. Ça fait du bien, mais dans le sens de l'histoire peut-être aurait-il été intéressant et plus dans son intérêt de voir la folie et des images brusques de la mort et de la passion soudaine de les armes dans un village pourtant à l'abris de ces égarements. Presque émouvant, c'est un film qui porte à réflexion, comme toute les oeuvres de Lars. Bravo!
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MCT:December 23, 2007
The voice of this film is very distinctive. It's originality comes through in such an understated, authentic manner, that for a certain portion of the film the results are purely memorizing. Then, (marked by Sebastian's appearance) something goes wrong. The deep psychological truths that the film has tapped into, the spell it cast, starts slipping away. I don't know early American history well enough to say with any degree of certainty whether this is the result of the film's attempt to be allegorical of specific historical events or if the problem is rooted elsewhere, but from that point on, the motivations of the characters become vague and hard to follow. And thus, the magic subsides. And even if metaphorical demands are the cause of this disconnect, my belief is that a film's central source of power cannot be reliant on external footnotes. The core of a film's strength must be self-contained. Understandable on a basic human level. Unfortunately, since about the halfway mark onward, that doesn't feel to be the case here.
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MCT:December 8, 2007
It truly is beautiful, one of the greatest movies to come out of 2005, in my opinion 2005 made the best movies, some were forgetful but those were the ones that deserved the awards and made REAL movie lovers satisfied.
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MCT:September 16, 2007
good premise+good cast, generally = a good movie, but i felt that the meaning got a little lost in the portrayal. The film was really brilliant in bits, and when i think about theres not one aspect that i didnt like, it just didnt sit right. I like the premise, i like the cast, i liked the costumes, i liked the set but it didnt sit right. The exageration in the film can be quite affective, but perhaps it is one of the things that makes it hard to like, as it is so unrealistic, i mean a town being that scared of gangs, when the entire town conisits of one block?? i connected with the characters, i mean i felt for the Dandies love for their partners, and jumped when sumthing interferred with that love. maybe it was just a bit too over the top, maybe the symbolism was over emphasized (ie. misfiring at the two most crucial points of his life), or mayve it was just to unrealistic, but whatever it was it just didnt seem right to me. or maybe its i just didnt get it cause i hadnt seen any of the director of writrers other work. You make up your own mind. Its still a good movie, and i suggest you give it a go, ive heard it gets better the more you see it, so perhaps ill like it more after the second viewing,
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MCT:August 6, 2007
An edgy, dark take on the idea of guns in the hands of a group of misfits that's central belief is to never harm another person. When things go wrong they don't even question using their guns, the pacifist in them takes a backseat to convenience. An enjoyable, stylistic film...I really loved the narration.
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MCT:July 31, 2007
Redelijk onderhoudende oefening in de filmkunst in de bekende semi-Shakespeariaanse stijl van het Dogma carrousel. Dat wil zeggen dat iedereen op het einde de pijp uit is om een niemendalletje btw.
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MCT:July 21, 2007
pretty good film. i like lars van trier, and this script is very original. would recommend to anyone whom has an obsession with anything.
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MCT:June 7, 2007
Stand By Me (with 6 guns, a granny and a girl)
Wow! What a rollicking good film. Jamie Bell gives an outstanding central performance as Dick Dandelion. After stumbling accross a vintage handgun, which he names Wendy, he forms a clandestine gang called 'The Dandies' compiled of other local kids, who also exist on the ouskirts of society. Cue some really well defined, quirky and compelling characterisation from such actors as Chris Owen (from the American Pie trilogy) as the calliper legged Huey another member of Dick's band of pacifist gun lovers. The film simmers away and concludes with an unexpected series of twists worthy of a M.Night Shyamalan movie. What I found most interesting was the exploration of empowerment through gun ownership. But this is more than an 'issue' movie, it is also a touching exploration of adolescent relationships which were reminiscent of those in Stand By Me (1986). All in all this is a highly original, pacy, visceral and offbeat coming of age movie that explores the psychology behind gun culture. -
MCT:June 6, 2007
Non. Je ne peux pas mettre de mots sur cette oeuvre.
J'essaie de mettre le doigt sur ce qu'elle m'a fait ressentir, mais le contraste était trop puissant, trop... harmonisé pour que je puisse identifier quoi que ce soit. L'oeuvre est majeure, et m'a sincèrement marqué.
L'histoire commence pourtant calmement, et elle tisse lentement sa toile autour du spectateur, qui se laissera prendre de court par la suite des évènements. Car, qu'est-ce que réellement le pacifisme, sinon de s'empêcher à tout prix d'être violent? -
MCT:May 29, 2007i look at this movie everytime i go into blockbuster and i never rent it. i'm not sure if I want to see it or not. I wish they had a maybe button.
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MCT:April 21, 2007
Initially very interesting in premise but falls short of relevance or political statements by the end of the film. As with all Von Trier stuff you'll either really like it or find it to convoluted to entertain even in an arthouse manner
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MCT:April 15, 2007
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Synopsis: Rahul's wife Tina died due to childbirth, but left eight letters for her daughter Anjali to read on each birthday. On her eighth birthday Tina tells Anjali about Anjali, Rahul's best friend in school(shown though flashbacks), and how she is the one t...
Starring: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee
Directed by: Karan Johar Rate It -
MCT:March 25, 2007Jamie Bell shines in the movie, my emotions were jerked around, but the movie ends very predictably. Plus one of the greatest WTF! moments when granny gets a gun.
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MCT:March 13, 2007
Strange film about a bunch of misfits who find meaning in their lives through messing around with I guesss you would call "pet" firearms. I watched the whole thing, so it didn't suck. After this I watched "The Sniper" a noir film from 1952 that was pretty good. (it's not on the Flixter list of movies)
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