Kurt Loder Reviews Divergent and Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Kurt Loder reviews Divergent and Nymphomaniac: Volume I. Of the latter, he writes, any movie containing lines like "I've always demanded more of the sunset" and "I'm extremely fond of my hamster" is a comedy in my book. The latest provocation from Danish director Lars von Trier is heavy with sex, much of it prosthetically effected, some of it graphic—the old in-out, in-out for real. (Porn doubles provide the naughty bits.) But the film is also about fly fishing, cake forks and Fibonacci numbers, among several other things, and while it suggests interesting carnal-artistic connections, giggles are sometimes hard to suppress.
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