gridoon2024 Review of Lemming

Lemming (2005)

Extremely well-made, but the story is a long ride to nowhere

[6/10 · 12 April 2015]

On the basis of "Lemming", Dominik Moll is a better director than writer. This film is extremely well-made, even hypnotic at times. But the story plays out slowly, and without much internal consistency or logic; at the end, there are many questions left unanswered. In fact, the only solid answer we do get is how the title creature, who lives in Scandinavia, ended up in France - though its relevance to the plot and the reason for its star billing remains an enigma! The film is also superbly acted by all four leads. Moll seems to be a very promising filmmaker - but maybe he should have invested just a little more effort in the story to make this come together as the subversive psychological thriller he intended it to be. **1/2 out of 4.