Fresh
The moment you can forget about Dreyer--or at least reduce his contribution to some parts of the dialogue-- Medea becomes an exhilarating visual feast.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Medea
She sacrifices something she loves, to harm someone who perhaps she loves even more.
1989 · 1h 16m · N/A
Drama, TV Movie
Directed by
Lars von Trier
Overview
Medea after having helped the man she loves, Jason, and given him to birth two children, is driven into fury and vengeful madness after he decides to abandon her to become successor to the throne by marring Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Works on von Trier's own imagistic terms.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
No admirer of Mr. von Trier's work should miss this compelling rarity.
Dave Kehr, New York Times
Fresh
It's difficult to imagine the Euripides original ever being more eloquently adapted.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
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