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Title: A cinematic hoax
Review: This film is astonishing only in its depths to which it sunk and the amount of sophistry heaped on top to make "artsy". The overdone hysterics of the acting (notably Emily Watson's) and cinema verite style mask what essentially is a ridiculously contrived and supremely manipulative bit of exploitation."Breaking the Waves" clocks in at 2.5 hours of watching a mentally ill woman get increasingly abused by her church elders (a convenient bit of typical left-wing Euro anti-religiousity), her family and eventually her husband as she goes from one outrageous ordeal to another. Standard misogynistic nihilism that pretends to be a love story. Or about faith. But in reality, it's predictable, overrated trash, and ranks as the worst film I've ever had the displeasure of sitting through.
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