The Idiots
Seen it?1998 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Being John Malkovich, start here.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 50 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- It's in Danish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to society's cult of aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form intellect by living together in a community of 'idiots'. Their primary activity becomes going out into the world of 'normal' people and pretending to be mentally incompetent. They take advantage of this situation to create anarchy, and, by every possible means, to make those around them miserable.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
71% on Rotten Tomatoes, 48 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.5 out of 10
- AwardsWeak
0 wins and 1 nomination from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$7K worldwide on a $3 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 112K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Lars von Trier
- Bodil JørgensenKaren
- Jens AlbinusStoffer
- Anne Louise HassingSusanne
- Troels LybyHenrik
- Nikolaj Lie KaasJeppe
- Louise MieritzJosephine
- Henrik PripPed
- Luis MesoneroMiguel
- Trine MichelsenNana
- Anne-Grethe Bjarup RiisKatrine