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Melancholia (2011)

 -  Drama | Sci-Fi  -  26 May 2011 (Denmark)
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Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with the Earth.

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Leo
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Gaby
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Little Father
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Jack
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Wedding Planner
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Michael's Father
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Michael's Mother
Charlotta Miller ...
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On the night of her wedding, Justine is struggling to be happy even though it should be the happiest day of her life. It was an extravagant wedding paid for by her sister and brother-in-law who are trying to keep the bride and all the guests in-line. Meanwhile, Melancholia, a blue planet, is hurtling towards the Earth. Claire, Justine's sister, is struggling to maintain composure with fear of the impending disaster. Written by napierslogs

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Rated R for some graphic nudity,sexual content and language | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

26 May 2011 (Denmark)  »

Also Known As:

Melancolía  »

Box Office

Budget:

$7,400,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$257,174 (USA) (11 November 2011)

Gross:

$3,029,870 (USA) (24 February 2012)
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Trivia

Olga Kurylenko was considered to play the lead role. See more »

Goofs

Justine is walking out onto the front field towards the golf course and lake at night. As she is looking up at the planet a crew person is seen walking between two hedges to the upper right. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Michael: Sir. Eh...
[looking backward]
Michael: Yeah, you're good. You can back up a little more, if you want. I think you need the... I think you need that extra...
Justine: [laughing] I don't think he can hear you.
Michael: Sir. Sir, can you hear me up there?
[fiddling with controls]
Michael: Do you copy, sailor? He's in a different county, I think that's...
Justine: [laughing]
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Referenced in Den blinde vinkel: Episode #2.8 (2011) See more »

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"Tristan und Isolde"
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Terrible Movie ... Boring ... No Character Development ... Hardly Even A Story
27 September 2011 | by See all my reviews

I've never written a review on here before, but I felt compelled to warn everyone else who reads the good reviews on here ... don't waste your time with this garbage.

I read a bunch of reviews on here before seeing this film and wondered why so many people gave ten star reviews while others gave one star reviews. Well ... now I understand. The people who rated this movie as ten stars think it's funny to tell people to watch a piece of crap movie to make themselves feel better after wasting two hours of their own lives.

This movie is complete garbage.

It opens with a bunch of scenes from space and showing Dunst in her wedding dress with music playing the whole time. None of this makes any sense and I sat there watching it wondering what was going on. Even after I watched the entire movie, I still don't know what the opener was about.

When the movie actually starts with some kind of story, you're thrown into a wedding scene with a bunch of characters that you don't know anything about. I just sat there wondering, "Who are these people ... and why is Dunst so boring and depressed." This drags on and on and on. I honestly think the first half of the movie had no point at all. Absolutely ridiculous.

Then the second half starts and you finally get to the part about the colliding planets. Not really interesting. This half of the movie deserves one star while the first half deserves less than one star.

I don't want to spoil the ending, but I'll just say you will be really disappointed.

Do not see this film!


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