Idiots (1998)

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Avg Rating: 4.3 / 5. Voted: 136

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AKA: Idioterne
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Starring: Bodil Jørgensen (Karen), Jens Albinus (Stoffer), Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis (Katrine), Knud Romer Jørgensen (Axel), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Jeppe), Louise Mieritz (Josephine), Anne Louise Hassing (Susanne), Paprika Steen (Visitor)
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish (English Subtitles)
Runtime: 01:49:23
Genres: Mental Illness/Depression

Plot – Spoilers:
A woman with a kindly face, Karen is at a restaurant when she encounters a group of mentally disabled people on their day out. She ends up driving back with them, only to discover they’re a bunch of regular folk who don’t want to be normies. Karen spends a couple of weeks with the group who appear to have been together for a while, as they’ve all honed their spassing skills to spectacularly enviable levels. As the days pass, the group’s convictions and their personal stories, including Karen’s, slowly begin to emerge.

The whole act of spassing is to channel the ‘inner idiot’ – something the world apparently needs more of. But mostly, the group uses spassing for their own personal entertainment and to exploit social norms of acceptable behaviour and the discomfort people often experience while around the disabled.

There are times in The Idiots where you will crack up with them, and other times, at them. There are times you’ll find them mean and callous and other times approve of them turning the tables on those that are often at the other end of the receiving end.

Recall watching an interview with Lars von Trier where he said he got the idea from some guy who had a theory that retards were angels – beings from God that were different from humans, as a sort of reminder of what could be.

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Queen Pokémon
Queen Pokémon
October 16, 2024 4:44 am

Ahhh, my dear Lars von Triers never fails to please.

george
george
June 25, 2024 3:38 pm

wish i could breed spasses. they would fetch a good price at the local markets. either that or rent them out at good price for fuck dates.

Fag
Fag
July 4, 2023 12:15 pm

Kinda makes you wonder if they used authentic mentally retarded people. Sorry I had to say it haha, I’m going to hell I know, cant wait.

Fag
Fag
July 4, 2023 11:46 am

Might as well start calling it fuckedupmovies at this point, is the eff really necessary. Thats what you get when you let these types run the country.

hardcore_freestyler
hardcore_freestyler
February 1, 2023 7:46 pm

love this movie… is it supposed to be a comedy or not? I find some scenes hilarious

OJ not Simpson
OJ not Simpson
January 10, 2023 6:21 am

Awesome movie, Thx alot. I knew a guy who was an engineer back home but couldn’t get a decent job in his new country , so he started working as a care taker in an institution for mentally disabled people and over a time he started liking it and enjoying it…..after few years you couldn’t really distinguish him from the rest of them. He eventually passed away during jumping bumping. He had a heart attack at the age of 72.

Rumpel
Rumpel
June 3, 2022 7:58 pm

whats most uncomfortable about the crazy is their freedom thats why we fear not them but the situation they are or are not aware of I think

Farfadet Kennedy
Farfadet Kennedy
May 10, 2021 12:07 am

retards

Jim A.
Jim A.
April 29, 2020 6:34 am

Thank you so much for adding this film. I enjoyed it a lot. It’s well worth the time to watch. Maybe letting out our inner Idiot is a good idea from time to time. My wife thinks I do that anyway. 🙂 When my stepdad Jorn explained this movie to me. He didn’t do it justice. But with his thick Danish accent. I only catch some of what he says.

Keep up the work you do and thanks again.

KevC
KevC
April 25, 2020 9:09 pm

Thank you I shall get up early to watch this while the rest of the family are still in bed