Review: Lars von Trier's 'The House That Jack Built' is mostly empty
The idea of Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier's "The House That Jack Built" is the most exciting thing about it. Can the notorious provocateur prince of international art cinema use the forensic procedural of a serial killer story to interrogate his internalized misogyny and the complicated relationship to women within his own artistic practice?
Alas, it remains largely just that - a provocative idea executed with a halfhearted commitment.
