I don't think he necessarily hates men so much as he hates a lot of patriarchal bullshit. I also think he's addressing some things that I haven't seen addressed elsewhere, at least not as articulately as he does. I don't think he's ever claimed to be any kind of reliable narrator. I don't know that I'd go that far, but I recognize that I am super-defensive of von Trier and am destined to some day sit under a sheet with mascara smeared on my face and make an anguished YouTube video called "Leave Lars Alone!" or something.Ä«uuuut, he is mentally ill. What does r/truefilm feel about this film? Do you love it or hate it? What makes you feel that way about it? Would love to know what you have to say about it! On the one hand I can certainly appreciate why people might not enjoy it - the extreme violence and unsimulated sex may feel gratuitous - but I also see why it's praised too (it is beautifully shot, the performances are brilliant, there's a lot to unpack regarding trauma and motherhood). This is such a controversial film and I personally feel quite mixed on it myself. Philip French of The Guardian had compared it to films by Tarkovsky, Dreyer and Bergman ( link) and a more recent article from Little White Lies praised the film as an anti-misogynist masterpiece which had some very valid counterpoints to that criticism of misogynism ( link). Some critics really had nothing positive to say about this film, some criticising the film for being misogynistic (a criticism that seems to follow quite a few of Von Trier's films - Breaking The Waves, Dancer In The Dark, etc) whereas other critics have embraced it as a misunderstood arthouse classic. I recently made a short video about how Lars Von Trier's Antichrist has mixed opinions surrounding it.