Antichrist: Review

This is one film I am not going to forget. For all who plan to watch it, this is not for the faint hearted. Be prepared for some grisly mutilation scenes which will have you squirming in your seats. Now, coming to the review.
Lars Von Trier's film is a take on the evil of nature and its relationship to man. The plot is of a married couple who suffer the death of their only child while making love in one of the most poetic love making scenes I have ever seen. The wife played by Charlotte Gainsbourg referred as "She" goes into profound grief and her husband, Willem Dafoe referred as "He", a therapist tries to help her by confronting her fears in a place called Eden deep in the woods.
The movie is divided into 5 chapters including a prologue and an epilogue. The woman goes through periods of severe depression and panic attacks which she tries to overcome with sex. The movie goes on with the husband discovering that his wife's greatest fear was herself and that she considered women to be bringers of evil in this world as evidenced by her opinion on medieval period gynocides. The wife keeps spiralling down the path of insanity and it is shown in the climax of the film that she watched her child jump out of the window while reaching an orgasm in the film's opening sex scene. She mutilates her husband's genitals while also mutilating her own and the movie ends with the husband murdering her wife.
Antichrist is a horrifying display of the evil of nature and its inextricable link to man. The reference to the "three beggars" and their significance to the movie is deep. The movie's title has nothing to do with "anti Christianity" but is a reference to the evil around us and the implication that nature is evil. The woman punishes herself for the death of her child and for being the reason.
The film is brutal, horrifying and truly one that will last on your memory palette forever. I won't advise this for those who are shaken by blood and violence. The cinematography is excellent and the dream like atmosphere tantalizing. The slow motion sequences are especially good. I give it a 4 on 5 rating!