The Rotten tomatoesThe critical consensus on "melancholy" reads: "Dramatic Melancholy Tricks" are more obvious than they should be, but this is otherwise an exhibition of Kirsten Dunst's acting and the deep, visual vision of depression and the destruction of Lars von Triier. " Review, and also received a number of recognitions.

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Anyway, what about individual critics? For IndiewireLisa Rosman wrote: "In" Melancholy ", (Lars) von Trier created a statement of a masterpiece -a worker, one that reminds us that nihilism himself can serve as a legitimate form of creation, a means, and in the end." NPR"It's a planet that can't come fast enough for her, but the one I prevented. Over ItchDana Stevens seemed a little More mixed, but still arrived with a positive conclusion - "there is something about the solemn, gloomy, often overwhelming powerful experience with" melancholy ". I give this a lot: This is a difficult movie to forget " - and Andrew O'Ehir called it" the most composed and most beautiful and visible adult film of his career (von Trier) in his audit of Salon. Fun weeklyThe critic, Lisa Schwarzbaum, meanwhile, had some of the most evident praise for the film, writing, "Although" Melancholy ", with her title, states a sad state of mind, the film is, in fact, the work of a slow appearance from a personal crisis.

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Not every critic was entirely on the ship with "melancholy", though. As Mike D'angelo wrote To the club"There is a shutdown between the concept and the execution-one kind of brazen, clumsiness from moment to moment-what makes" melancholy "feel like a poorly disguised as a drama." Over A weak magazineEd Gonzalez agreed: "" Melancholy "is a film of several epiphany, and even less insights, and as artificial as it can be as the disaster and darkness of the film, its symbolism. Of course, the film is not for everyone - but still, the reviews were excessively positive. So what did Danst do from her praise in "Melancholy?"