krocheav It's possible the reason this 'sacred deer' reached the screen is because the producer was the writer and director so, had a hand in paying himself to make it. If it wasn't so narcissistically ugly it may have been laughable but, we are even robbed of that possibility. With this and other over the top movies, the Greeks seem to have embarked on a wave of 'weird' movie making and are unleashing their somewhat demented psychology on an unwilling world. For this pseudo physiological mess, Yorgos Lanthimos has convinced Nicole Kidman to repeat her demeaning role from one of Kubrick's most overrated works: 'Eyes Wide Shut'. She allows herself once more to be 'used' as an onscreen whore (at her stage in life, she might begin to ask if she really needs the money that badly) So much of Lanthimos 's dialog comes across as written by someone who might have sadly been the victim of a paedophile or perhaps could himself be borderline(?) His obsession with body hair, menstruation and masturbation are a little too obvious to be quite healthy - one repugnant situation follows another in this unbelievably sordid assault on the hapless viewer. He and Cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis's compositions strive so hard to look unconventional - they actually begin to look foolishly like copycat Kubrick shots -that in themselves, have now been so overused as to become 'conventional '-- By constantly using wide angle lenses, his subjects are often so far away it appears as if the surroundings are meant to be the focus of the scene (which turns out not to be the case) This sexual/horror mumbo-jumbo will please those who think they are smarter than the average viewer, therefore, able to work out (read into...) all those 'symbolic' red herrings that often resemble the writers own bent reality. If you don't happen to be one of those 'intelligent' few, then for the good of your wellbeing, stay well away.Note: if Australian Foxtel continues to allow Ms Pomeranz to hysterically host these borderline-titles under the banner of 'Masterpieces' they should not be surprised if they might just begin to see an increase in contract cancellations. Also, this movie is certainly more than an MA rating with a simple 'A' (adult themes) Was the classifier so bored they did not take in the nudity, language and violence...or were they asleep? (as many viewers are likely to be)

ravitchn The title refers to the killing of Iphigenia before the Trojan war expedition of the Greeks by her father Agamemnon. The deer was the symbol of the goddess Artemis (Diana) and in one dubious version of the Euripides play a deer is substituted for Iphigenia on the sacrificial altar. The movie however has nothing really to do with all this except that the main character, to expiate his killing of a man, is forced by his son to kill one of his own children. This movie is sick, disgusting, and revolting for the most part. The acting by Colin Farrell (with a long beard) and Nicole Kidman is adequate but the viewer is not ever sure what is happening or why. I cannot find it anything but absurd.

spideryaman You know what I hate the most? A movie that gives an opportunity to a specific segment of viewers who claim to be "spiritual, experts, deep, intellectual, etc." to give such a movie a high rating because it "speaks" to them on a whole new level. This movie isn't deep, even after reading all the explanations out there is still not cutting it for me. I can summarize it with: random scenes, which claim to be linked in some obscure way. The writer(s) probably didn't have something set-in-stone for this so they just said "yeah let's throw it out there and we're sure that some people will pick it up, get something that wasn't planned, and they will start projecting random things to feed their ego that they're high intellectuals. We will cash on them and on those poor souls who thought that they're going to watch something decent."What a waste of time!

lejlalaly Don't waste your time on watchings this failed wannabe art film. A complete waste of two hours of my life