❌️ Script’s scope way too large for Trier’s directing capabilities at the time.
❌️ Cinematography doesn’t add anything interesting, particularly not by binging on nonstop closeups.
❌️ The characters, similar to old-timey Mid-Atlantic mush, are neither American nor European, devoid of any recognizable embeddedness in specific sociocultural dynamics.
Not bad, with some fine moments, but not a good movie either.
Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier (2015).
Watched at the Bambi theater on January 6, 2026, in its original language.