Overrated

Rating: 2/10 (6 April 1999)

Okay, so I'm European and female, thus maybe the first of my kind to rate TEP as a big no-no. I seriously think Oscar for the best picture for TEP was one of the biggest misses ever (but then Titanic followed, so it's to fear that things are going from bad to worse...). Anyway, what defines me in the first place is not gender and continent but the fact that I've seen many films in my life - and I don't mean Hollywood fast food but European and alternative production, the so-called art film. Thus I can claim that what TEP intended (and failed), Lars Von Trier fully developed in Breaking the Waves. Now, THERE you have tangible characters and love that breathes, leaving you speechless for hours after. TEP looks like a one-dimensional poor relative of Breaking the Waves. But then, what happens? Waves are not even nominated while TEP steals the cream... Hollywood patient?