Matthias Schoenaerts,
Jeroen Perceval,
Jeanne Dandoy,
Barbara Sarafian,
Tibo Vandenborre
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Domineering cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille (Matthias Schoenaerts), constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, initiates a shady deal with a notorious mafioso meat trader. When an investigating fed... read more
DVD Release Date: June 26, 2012
Stats: 119 reviews
A hypermasculine, steroid-shooting bull of a man seeks revenge for a boyhood wrong amidst the Belgian agrarian hormone trading underground. A well-plotted crime drama with a twist that makes you feel a strange sympathy for its intensely frightening protagonist.
Not really about the mafia of hormones as it is about a tormented man insecure about his masculinity - but the film's misled attempt to focus on both subjects makes it too complicated, with so many unnecessary scenes. Still, Schoenaerts is perfect as the fascinating protagonist.
Dark and gritty, Bullhead is a powerhouse of a drama. Coming from a viewer who has had it with the overuse of flashbacks in films, Bullhead finds a way of utilizing the technique in a much more pleasing fashion, blending the life of main character Jacky as a boy with his beefed-u... read more
Bullhead was in the nominated films for Best Foreign Films for Oscar 2012. And even though Belgium don't have a rich history in film-making, it is sure one of the countries that often produced some original or unusual movies.And so was Bullhead, not only with its style but also t... read more
HIFF 31: I don't know what to make of this film. It's about black market meat and so much more. Decently acted, but I just couldn't get into the story.
I've seen Bullhead twice now and greatly enjoyed it both times. The look of the movie is so dark and oppressive, and it's so hard to watch the characters try to make up for their messed up past in messed up ways. It does mix its genres - a twisty whodunnit and a drama centered a... read more
Some of the dialogue is overloaded, but the formidable cinematography, by Nicolas Karakatsanis, envelops us in an ever-darkening world. Full Review
Many terms applied to action movies - muscular, animalistic, testosterone-fueled - are literally true of Bullhead. Full Review
Despite the unlikely setup, this Oscar-nominated thriller proves that where illegal substances are concerned, one line of trafficking is as deadly as another. Full Review
[It] has enough strands of story for an epic tale. But Roskam appears more interested in trying to combine genres that don't easily cohere. Full Review
Bullhead proves that you can make an underworld movie pumped up with pretension. Full Review
Bullhead is a fierce slab of filmmaking served sizzling hot, but at the center it's ice-cold and bloody. Full Review
I hope we'll be getting another chance to watch Matthias Schoenaerts' work in the near future -- as huge as he is in this role, I suspect there's plenty more to see. Full Review
Guided with a sure hand by writer-director Roskam, Bullhead is a tragic character study in the guise of a seedy crime drama. Full Review
A GoodFellas set among the hormone mafia may not sound like a great movie, but Roskam subtly steers it toward intense and agonizing character study, with the bovine-supplement angle raising the stakes... Full Review
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