Ma Loute

…stora gester kräver också sin fingertoppskänsla, och den har uppenbarligen Dumont och hans ensemble.

...fokus [holdes] på de farverige karakterer, der konstant diverterer med løjerlige indfald, morsomme replikker, pompøse kostumer og ekspressive ansigtsudtryk.

I sine bedste øjeblikke formår ‘Mysteriet ved Slack Bay’ at behandle kannibalisme på en så deadpan-agtig manér, at det herhjemme vil lede tankerne hen på kultklassikeren ‘De grønne slagtere’.

With its bestial themes, conceptual humour and cartoonish thespians, this consciously arch farce will intrigue some and infuriate others.

...even when Dumont is “doing” funny... ...you need to be prepared for a bunch of people to be killed, chopped up into tiny pieces, and fed to children.

Dumont just can’t help himself. Maybe he hasn’t changed that much after all? But when he is making films as singular, absurd and inspired as this, it’s easy to forgive the occasional misstep.