SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Sexylocher Masterful Movie

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Allissa .Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

perica-43151 This movie is dissection of the bloodthirsty media and is cynical and funny, harsh yet charming. Just like the main protagonist, who happily goes killing around as his modus operandi is documented by overenthusiastic journalistic crew. It is satire at its best.

amandazz100 This film is brilliantly put together. The test of a really good film is if you can still picture it in your mind's eye months, even years after watching it - this film works at that level for me. The subject matter is horrifying, the sheer normalcy of the way the plot unfolds and draws in the camera crew into being part of the crimes being committed is beautifully done. The way horror can seem normal to those involved in it - has all too often been demonstrated to be very true in the real world. All in all I loved this film.

theowlofthegame Everybody shut up please, and listen. I am from Belgium, so I have a right to speak. Hear ye! Hear ye!No, seriously, everybody's opinion is worth as much as the next one, I'm just joking, but I want to write a few words about this movie, so people can understand it better.First of all, some people don't realise that this film was made with a budget of less than 50.000 dollar. The actors in the movie are mostly family and friends. Benoit Poelvoorde, who plays the main role, is the only professional, and he delivers a fantastic performance as the talkative, self-absorbed, hyperbolic, maniac Ben, we all come to love. It was the role of his life. The director and sound engineers had just graduated film school. They still had a lot to learn. So you have to give the makers credit for that. Knowing all this, you understand this has to be seen as a cult-movie. A cult-movie, with a great script, witty dialogues, and legendary scenes. With a great sense of irony.My favourite scenes of Man bites Dog are the chase in the abandoned factory (with the pigeon poem), and the bar scene, ending with Benoit Poelvoorde singing the cinema song, with fake beard. Most film fans in Belgium can recite whole passages upon request.The ending is a bit abrupt, and some scenes are superfluous, but the film has the streak of genius all the way through.Hope you enjoy it.

uwa While I was watching this movie, I started to think about the 'real' documentaries that were made in late 80's and 90's, one of the documentaries which have won an Oscar, was about children selling themselves in order to earn money. I imagine, the directors also have watched these documentaries and started to ask themselves where is the line? which is a question often discussed by the documentarists. They gave a good spin to that idea and come up with making a documentary about a serial killer. The way they did is also brilliant, the acting is impeccable, except one scene all the scenes contains a humor and have a natural feel. It is really hard to believe that this movie was the first movie of the directors. I recommend you to watch it however don't expect Hollywood type motivations.