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Feb 16, 2024jimg2000 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Added Aug 02, 2017: Looking for more work from Alex Warmerdam after enjoyed his thriller "Schneider vs. Bax, 2015." This earlier film is an original scary fairy tale for adults who sinned and indulged in worldly pleasure at the expense of…
Feb 03, 2017RoyalJellyIII rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
If you like films that you just can't stop thinking about after it's over, then Borgman is right up your alley. While there's plenty going on the surface, the real strength of this film is the way it plays with subtext to give a chilling…
Feb 03, 2017Nursebob rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
“…and they descended upon the Earth to strengthen their ranks.” With this faux Old Testament-style quote writer/director Alex van Warmerdam opens his surreal and darkly comic film, a hodgepodge of sadistic puzzler in the vein of Lars von…
Jan 15, 2017funky_d rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Weird and compelling at its start but then, bizarre and confusing. I can appreciate the opinions of others here that enjoyed it but it left too much unanswered. *SPOILER ALERT* At IMDB, there are references that Borgman is symbolic of…
Nov 02, 2016jnewday rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Bizarre, inexplicable, horrific. Strange characters emerge from hidden cavities in the woods. They undermine suburban life by external invasion and internal recruitment. They destroy, demolish and bring death. Then they move on.
Apr 07, 2015ansoneesf rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A fascinating exploration into the nature of evil- creepy, masterfully executed and keeps your interest until the very end. Are Borgman and his cohorts human grifters or supernatural beings? How innocent is the family that Borgman decides…
Marinetti
Jan 24, 2015Marinetti rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Very bizarre and disturbing film from Europe. It has a fairy tale quality to it, yet it is firmly set in current times. It's definitely worth watching.
Jan 03, 2015voisjoe1_0 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
While watching this film, you eventually hope to never meet a man like Camiel Borgman. In most films, the characters wake up from their nightmares to be relieved to find out they were only dreaming. In this film, the characters wake up,…
nycounsel
Dec 14, 2014nycounsel rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Interesting, if a bit slow, story about the takeover and destruction of an upper-middle class family by a malevolent outside force. Sometimes a bit murky; in addition to class issues, one theme seemed to be that the women were tricked…
Nov 21, 2014Mogaby rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Totally depressing weird and boring, waste of time, don't bother, I like different and weird but not depressing,
Nov 17, 2014Urbano rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Twin Peaks meets Hans Christian Anderson. Compellingly weird; weirdly compelling.
Oct 22, 2014Quetzlzacatenango rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is certainly a "What the heck!?!?" kind of movie. There must be a few cultural differences that are lost as well as maybe some poor translations but still there is a lot of crazy stuff happening with no explanations. Characters do…
jpozenel
Oct 18, 2014jpozenel rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
One of the strangest movies that I have ever seen. Not predictable in any way. There is really no way to describe it...you just have to see it yourself. You won't understand why people at the beginning of the movie were persecuting…