The House That Jack Built (2018)
If you feel like screaming... you definitely should.
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The House That Jack Built rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.8/10· 103K votes
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Metacritic42%
TMDb7.1/10· 3K votesWith 59% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.8/10 on IMDb and 42/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About The House That Jack Built
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
Cast of The House That Jack Built
Matt Dillon
as Jack
Bruno Ganz
as Verge
Uma Thurman
as Lady 1
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
as Lady 2
Sofie Gråbøl
as Lady 3
Riley Keough
as Simple
Jeremy Davies
as Al
- J
Jack McKenzie
as Sonny
- M
Mathias Hjelm
as Glenn
Ed Speleers
as Ed - Police Officer 2
Emil Tholstrup
as Young Jack
Marijana Janković
as Female Student
The House That Jack Built facts
- Budget
- $9.8M
- Box office
- $5.6M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Lars von Trier crafts a provocative meditation on art and violence
- •Dense thematic layers reward attentive viewing and interpretation
- •Unflinching approach to subject matter creates genuine unease
What the audience disliked
- •Excessive runtime tests patience with deliberate pacing
- •Graphic imagery pushes boundaries in ways that alienate most viewers
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