Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous) (1992)

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Dark? Yes. Funny? At times. Tedious, overly self-important, and undeserving of its cult-status? Absolutely. The somewhat brilliant concept behind this film would've worked better in a short. The social-satire at the heart of the movie, while initially as intriguing as it is shocking, just doesn't have the legs to hold an audience captive for the duration of a feature film.

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MAN BITES DOG is a cinema verite-style mockumentary satire of the highest calibre. Sudden bursts of disturbing violence and sadistic brutality mesh with bleakly humorous moments of dark satire - all shot in stark black and white photography. Made by Belgian filmmakers Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, and Benoit Poelvoorde and released amid a storm of controversy as well as critical acclaim, MAN BITES D... read more

In France, it is a huge cult classic. It is in the "1001 movies you must see before you die". It starts pretty well, a little bit like Spinal Tap but instead of hard rockers, you have a serial killer and it has a pitch black humor. But after a while, the jokes get worse and worse with 2 top moments, one when the main character goes to a restaurant to eat mussels and eventually throws everything up... read more

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