Rotten
"Volume II" is no more fulfilling than "Volume I."
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Forget about love.
2013 · 2h 4m · NOT RATED
Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Lars von Trier
Overview
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's very weird, given, but it's also effective.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
For better or worse, the whole exercise in lurid leg-pulling goes out with a bang.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rotten
The Lars von Trier you know and love (or love to hate) is back: cynical, misanthropic, punishing.
Christy Lemire, ChristyLemire.com
Rotten
The movie, a descendant of such eighteenth-century libertine texts as "Therese Philosophe," is less a slice of life than something told and chewed over.
David Denby, New Yorker
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