AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Ironically Unimpressed I got it. I appreciate it. I just didn't enjoy it. That's not to say it's not good - just not a movie I'd be keen to rewatch.The film is gruesome. Disturbing. There's no two ways about it, you most probably will hate your eyes for not blinking while watching it. However, if you prepare yourself and go in with the outlook that the horror featured is a very important part of this film's core point (oftentimes taking over, harshly morphing into the protagonist itself), you won't be disappointed.Man Bites Dog barks a darkly comedic, flawless script, well-paced narrative, clever sociopsychological observations, and the imagery... love it or hate it, it will stay with you forever.Dare it. If anything, this is the movie that gave us lines like "Once I buried two Arabs in a wall over there... Facing Mecca, of course."

Leofwine_draca Imagine a kind of BLAIR WITCH PROJECT done for the serial killer genre and the result is MAN BITES DOG, a startling, original, and deeply unsettling mock-documentary which sees a film crew following a serial killer as he goes about his daily business of murder, maiming, torture, and rape. Shot in stark black-and-white, on the street with no budget and a highly realistic feel – cast and crew members are named after themselves – this is, in places, repulsive viewing, yet it's also a very well made film at the same time. It's one of those films that manipulates the viewer, getting him on side with the protagonists before exposing him or her to murder and worse, asking where to draw the line.The film benefits from a great leading performance from Benoit Poelvoorde, who essentially carries the film single-handedly. Due to the material, Poelvoorde goes over the top from time to time, but for the most part he gives a manic, edgy type of performance that reminded me of James Woods (whom Poelvoorde coincidentally looks like, as well). The rest of the people in the movie are believable and while the violence seems quite tame by modern standards, it hits with full impact. The worst bit of the film is a distasteful rape and murder which is gruelling in the extreme. A twist ending rounds things up nicely on what has been a good movie – not one you'll want to ever watch again, perhaps, and not one that you'll get much enjoyment out of, unless you're a psycho yourself – but one that's striking, forceful, and plumbs greater depths of horror than many a blood-churning gore flick.

marcoklaue I consider it a brilliant film, but also very very disturbing. I'd sooner warn people about it than recommend it, even though it's an amazing achievement. So, for what it's worth, here's my viewing experience: I heard about this film and was immediately hooked on the absurd idea of a serial killer, on the loose, as a willing documentary subject. I also heard that it was pitch-black comedy, and a commentary on violence, society, media, etc. -- blurring the lines between observing and becoming an accomplice and whatnot.Well, in the first two acts it certainly delivers on the absurdity and the black comedy. Both Ben and the filmmakers are as matter-of-fact about his prolific killing as if it were a documentary about urban architecture, and even in the middle of his murderous acts he remains an engaging conversationalist with all sorts of attributes our culture values: extroversion, confidence, charm, a sense of humor, and fairly informed views on diverse subjects. The juxtapositions are disturbingly hilarious. He laments that African immigrants like the one he just shot don't have equal opportunities in this racist society, or that the color and layout of a certain housing project encourages violence and other social evils. He kills an entire family in their home, then reflects on the waste of human life and how there "should be a law" against that sort of thing. He explains a lot of aspects of his trade (like how to dispose of bodies and which victims are most likely to carry money), but leaves other elements in the dark. He first seems like a murderous variety of the common robber, but then plenty of killings seem to have no material motive at all, while others are clashes with rival killers (the absurdity reaches meta-levels at some points). I was shocked by the violence and I was also laughing, and I was feeling uneasy about that.Many reviews talk about how the documentary crew moves from "observers" to "accomplices", but any court of law would already consider them "accomplices" within one minute of the film starting, so that development didn't register so much to me. Sure they started taking a more active part in the carnage, but this wasn't something I considered an unexpected development.What did register to me was the shift somewhere in the third act. Suddenly I was no longer watching a dark comedy. The violence escalates to a nasty scene that I couldn't even watch, and that left me disturbed and depressed for days. It's like the movie finally decided to show me what I was looking at and say, "well, are you still laughing? Are you?" And I realized: what was there about Ben that was engaging? Even his charming ways among his friends and family were just socially acceptable methods of getting his way and remaining the center of attention, just like killing people and starring in documentaries.So among the unexpected things I found in this film was a chillingly believable portrait of a textbook sociopath. (The scary thing is that I know someone in my neighborhood who fits that profile as well.)The film is brilliant and disturbing. Proceed at your own risk.

Jesus Christ I just saw the movie bout ten minutes ago and the second it finished I felt dirty. The movie makes you laugh at things that you wouldn't ever think you would be able to laugh to. The characters are a weird mix of extremely likable and extremely unlikeable. The movie has two scenes which made me want to fast forward 1. The rape scene 2. The child murder scene.The only problem i have with the film is that at times it get a little two slow and to much talking and the ending was a tiny bit too sudden. Overall it was a very funny and disturbing film which I'm not sure if I could watch it again soon because of the extremely hard to watch rape scene, I gave it a 8 out of 10.