Bullhead (2011)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

One of the best films I have seen for a number of years. Perfect storyline, perfect direction and perfect acting. If you are board with Hollywood P.S. and wants to see something different watch this film. As a man I am naturally feeling deep sympathy towards the main character; and thus enjoyed the film. However, there is no doubt in my mind the female audience would enjoy it just as well. Nevertheless, only mature (I don't mean old) audience could enjoy that kind of a storyline. Thoughts evoking film, where for many days after watching it you would feel somehow emotionally touched by the film. Though the sadist part of the film is the final seen, somehow I felt this is a perfect ending for everyone involved!!!! He could find peace at last!

A great film to watch if you're used to watch films accepting the director's choices and criticizing only their effectiveness.Yes, the almost two and a half hours are filled with a lot of story and back-story that are at times difficult to follow; yes, some of the symbolism seems to have been thrown in just for the sake of it, and you'll have to wait for the very last scene for it to pay off; yes, a beef hormones mafia may sound an unappealing (even ridiculous? Well, think again…) topic to someone; yes, inevitably there are some misses among the hits.But this is all about losing something (your innocence, your future, your self…) and trying (or not) to regain it: in fact, the advantage of having such a wide amount of narrative is that you can make sense of the movie from different (and equally valid) points of view.Give it a try. In its sophistication, Rundskop has what it takes to appeal any kind of viewer, as long as he is willing to get hooked.

Whom ever says "it's all been done." Needs to see this film..As a modern production 'first of a kind' is VERY rare. For the subject matter, may well remain one of a kind, which is almost entirely impossible.I think to myself, 'Some things just simply are not and never will be OK.' Every living soul will eventually endure that truth, yet most stories and films do there very best to convince us otherwise. Not here.Bullhead smashes into you with tragic inescapable fates and the secret conditions silently endured.As a man watching this film, my gut(and loins) recoiled and cramped, begging me away from the screen. My soul demanded me to keep watching. I long after contemplate the 'scenario' Michaël R. Roskam had me endure. Visual excellence, great characters, great performance and humanity.Say good riddance to characters who come into a plot in one piece, glide though the impossible, somehow 'win' the struggle and go out in that same one piece. Bullhead is much closer to reality; It stays trapped, here, with us, in the meat grinder. .Watch to see a special violence; A lonely condition suffered in silence, Unstoppable creeping fate. This film beat the crap out of me. Bullhead is a cruel, dead eyed masterpiece... As is all of life.

There are plenty of unsettling features of this simple tragic film, but all are treated with equanimity. Unless you are familiar with the Belgian hormone mafia, the first 20 minutes or so of this film winds up slowly until it is released. There are themes that remind me of Almodovar, but with the light sucked out. The secret of storytelling is what to leave out, and the decisions about what to leave to the viewer seem perfect. Time is spent on the emotions of a man rendered incapable of a normal outlet, and how the few people around him compensate. Matthias Schoenaerts as the protagonist is excellent, but this film owes everything to it's tight direction. (Language plays quite an important part in the film, and the audience is required to recognise the difference between the two Belgian languages.)