Your Reviews
A few parts are well done but the film is largely pseudo-intellectual nonsense. Way over-rated.
Critic Reviews
A complete original. This ingenious, almost indescribable film won't remind you of anything else because there's nothing else like it.Full Review
As he rises to each challenge, you realize that von Trier, the most exalted of prankish sadists, has orchestrated the filmmaking equivalent of the story of Job. The Five Obstructions glories in art, life, and the faith that binds them.Full Review
A sensational oddity. It sheds light on the creative process, on filmmaking and on the durability of friendship and professional respect despite the odds.Full Review
Keep "Survivor" and "Fear Factor," and give me this spellbinding mind teaser, the ultimate game for movie buffs.Full Review
Watching The Five Obstructions is at once like witnessing two chess masters playing dominoes and like spying on a series of therapy sessions. Mr. von Trier clearly sees himself as a maniacal psychoanalyst.Full Review
