"Dogville" is a cinematic experience, or should I say a social experience? Good, do not know. The fact is that Lars Von Trier tells a story about human nature in a city that is no more risk on the ground in a film that is 3 hours long, impossible? fulsome? silly? no, nothing like that, quite the contrary, the genius of "Dogville" is in its simplicity, everything is simple, but everything is extremely technical quality, let's talk about the best thing in the film, the script, which goes in the 30s and tells the story of Grace (Nicole Kidman) who is running away from gansgters and decides to take shelter in Dogville, a town with 15 inhabitants who decides to hide in exchange for favores.E is there that Lars Von Trier makes a study on human evil, showing the extent to which human being is able to act when it has power over the other, and how it takes situations of advantages when you can, benefits those who go this the rapes to simple favors, going to leave Grace chained as a dog, but Lars von Trier also tells us in the final scene that is intrinsic to the human being and to the fact that Grace did not kill the dog is a message for us, because the dog is not evil by nature as human beings. Technically, the file has a otina photograph, although the city does not really exist, all climate change are flagged with perfect care, she spends host and fear at the same time, the picture is good, sound mixing is amazing, because we have doors, windows, or anything, but we have the sounds, and it does that as long you just forget that this city simply does not exist, and the performances are very good, Nicole Kidman is great. I love Dogville, pos despite its three hours he has pace, and has something to say, and is a very intelligent comment, I love the fact that the city does not exist, it goes on the idea that can be any city, I love the story third-person and especially love the theatrical atmosphere of the film, "Dogville" is more than a movie, it's a lesson on the human being.

It's pretty obvious that Grace's name represents something more than just a random name. In whole of the film her behavior, actions, reactions are not something that would be considered as "normal" human behavior in such circumstances.She truly was the personified ideal, everything good that we all promote and imagine to accomplish in ourselves and in society. Her "arrogance" as her father defined it, is exactly it if viewed from humans' flawed perspective. But it is not arrogance! It is an ideal, and by calling it - no, by choosing to call it arrogance - we try to excuse our dishonorable behavior. That's why the ending is not logical nor justified. With choosing to step down on humans' level, get her revenge and condemn the people of Dogville to death, Grace actually negated herself and everything she was the whole time. Now, I would go even further and say, her gangster-family background is not relevant. It is shown throughout the story with her actions, and with her own saying "I've never stolen anything before. So now, now I have to punish myself. I was raised to be arrogant. So, I...I had to teach myself these things." It is clear here that no matter where she comes from, she is her own person, creates herself, is responsible to self only. There is one other sentence: "If she had acted like them she could not have defended a single one of her actions and could not have condemned them harshly enough". But it is only at the ending that Grace finds herself for the first time, at position of power - and she chooses to behave just like the flawed ones. By judging them to their own standards she actually goes against her own nature.If the acting is right (and I don't doubt that) she watches the executions and cries, but as there is horror there is also some satisfaction in her - seems like a transformation of personality is taking place. This is interesting also from the gnosticism's point of view. If Grace is grace (Sophia), would the ending symbolize a gnostic phenomenon of "Sophia's fall from grace"?Should they all be punished? Yes, definitely. By their own standards? Of course. But is it up to her to get down on their level as soon as she got the power and do the executioner work? In the ending, what becomes of Grace? And what is done to grace? Was there ever any, or is it the same as the writer who never wrote any.

Lars Von Trier is one of my favorite directors of all time, so I went into this film expecting to like it, but I was not expecting this film to be (arguably) his best. Like all of his other films, Dogville was very dividing among critics and audiences (even though it is one of his better received). Some praised it for being groundbreaking and innovative with its minimalist approach to set design, and deeply emotional and moving with its incredibly human characters, while others criticized it for being tedious, melodramatic, pessimistic, and of course the classic Von Trier criticism, pretentious. That word gets thrown around a lot, pretentious, and rarely do people even know what it means, it means adding greater meaning or importance to something then is actually possessed. And believe me Dogville never tries to be more important than it actually is. But what is Dogville about? Well if you somehow didn't already know and are reading this review I'll give a brief summary, Dogville is about a very small town up in the Rocky Mountains, that doesn't receive any visitors and is essentially shut off from the rest of the world (minus a radio and a telephone). In this small town a strange girl appears one night seeking shelter from some strange men that are after her, after the town reluctantly accepts her, she pays them back by doing small things around town that, as the film says, don't really need to be done. The film then explores the nature of how a community functions, moral convictions, Justice, and punishment. As the heroine tries to live her life in the small town of Dogville. Nicole Kidman plays the heroine, Grace Margaret Mulligan, with a performance that is able to rival björk in dancer in the dark, or Emily Watson in breaking the Waves. But she is not the only great performance in the film, all of the supporting roles, even minor characters are noteworthy, and it is basically impossible to talk about Dogville and not talk about the set design, I hinted at it earlier, but the really is nothing like it. There is only one set in the whole film and that is the town and that is just a big empty space with chalk borders drawn on the floor and a few props her and there, of course in the reality of the film it is a real town, but to us the audience we see everything wide open we are entering their small world, just like Nicole Kidman.9.3/10

My review for dog ville : Dogville is a movie made by Lars Von trier, hes a Danish filmmaker. This movie is about an American town, the movie revolves completely around Americans, albeit the meaning or the moral of the story could be applied to any country of the world but he (Lars Von trier) used America as an example because in my opinion, America is a country which carries more power with its people. Having the power and freedom, it is easy for people to abuse something so easily, (also it can bring good deeds to society but I'm talking about the DE- merit) So I can guess why he chose America as a setting for his plot. America is indeed a great country, but we also have to see the negative side of this great nation. The movie tells us to understand it and confront ourselves to become more of a human being. Coming to talk about this movie, this movie has a greater meaning to it. About everything, its pure art. Looking every side of the movie, it shines art and implies meaning. When I played this movie, I was looking for something typical European like movie with sex and love, but this movie blew my mind. I showed a slight dislike to the movie because of its appeal of how boring it looks, with a stage like features, and drawn out paths and symbols, I thought they are doing another boring weird art like thing, but that feeling is just for 5 minutes to the intro, after that i felt the movie. It really took me with it. I loved how the narration went and how it brought a meaning to its people and how easily I could compare with people in my real life. The movie. It dwells on people's greed and a need of starvation to exploit something to satisfy themselves, they took Grace, a pale beautiful young girl who escaped gun fires from a gangster, (Nicole kid man) for granted. Used her in all means. The people took complete use of her and exploited her kindness. The movie simply conveys how humans have become like dogs, where they have showed their nature and never got any punishment for their ill behavior. The men squeezed her for their sexual satisfaction, and women abused her for being lewd towards the men. The movie also tells that human kindness is all a shade. It doesn't exist much. People have become disguised so much, that finding the lost kindness is pretty hard. Grace thought she would find, but she didn't, in this town, dog ville. People were first, kind to her, like how they seem but as to the conclusion, they belittle her, using dominance over her kindness, commanding her to work physical labor. She was unable to find the love she received formerly. Just like how humans have turned into now. Grace finally brings justice to the humans as well as to the earth by deleting this town from the face of earth and it also creates a great sense and interpretation on how she avoided killing of the dog as she knew the dog was angry at her because of what she had done at the preface(stealing its bone) and not for anything else, like Which the villagers did with no cause or explanation (not gonna say the entire story here)The movie has used the audience's imagination to the fullest, using a set and transparent homes and building to highlight the characters and showcase them, i appreciate what this movie has granted or contributed much to the cinema arts and how many aspiring filmmakers can learn from this simple yet imaginative technique. The actors and actresses were amazing. Nicole kid man is BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING, it really brought a fury in me after seeing how the villagers extracted every faith in her. And the payback really made it much more awesome (And satisfying). Correct use of violence and correct use of casting I would say.I have to conclude saying that this movie is amazing, slightly slow paced and fabricates tautness, when people are eager to know quick results. This movie is a must watch for every Nicole Kidman movie fan, every artist, every sad disturbing movie lovers. This movie is art. 9/10.