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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanBasically an experimental psychodrama, Epidemic has a pleasingly slapdash, underground quality that recalls early Fassbinder and Wenders -- although, with its cynical premise and frequent infusions of Wagner, it exudes the prankster snarkiness characteristic of von Trier.
- 75Chicago TribuneRobert K. ElderChicago TribuneRobert K. ElderEpidemic will never be confused with von Trier's great films. But it is an intriguing introduction to his later cinematic obsessions.
- 60Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesAside from the Pirandellian games and some interplay of different film stocks there isn't much going on here, though von Trier rewards the patient with a strange and horrifying climax.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe scenes from Epidemic have the high-contrast look of a 1920s horror film, are in English (much of it badly dubbed) and feature images that are handsome and preposterous in equal parts -- they're amusing, and too stylized to be disturbing.