Grimm Love (2006)
2/10
Artsy-fartsy German weirdness - served with a side of guilt
30 November 2011
Warning: Spoilers
I hesitate to give this movie a 1 out of 10 because I actually liked the cinematography and some other of the artistic aspects. However, the sum total of the movie was, to me, "Now, aren't you a worthless, no-good, piece of trash for watching this taboo-ridden garbage?" I truly felt that the obsession the main character (the American student) had for the subject of mutually consensual cannibalism was a projection from the movie to the movie-goer. And, I personally sensed (albeit erroneously?) this was the intent of the creative development team for the film; to convey that all-too-German sense of guilt (for WWI and WWII in general and the holocaust, to be specific). I, for one, didn't and still don't need that; and I personally believe it's a waste of time for anyone to partake of this communion of self- abhorrence, humiliation and abject dehumanization.
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