Höhere Gewalt

...a kind of disaster movie, one in which buildings are left standing while a marriage—and a fragile masculinity—buckles at its foundation.

A brittle black comedy that has plenty to say about modern manhood and the human survival instinct.

Östlund shows how this attitude makes the trauma worse: it is a poison that begins to destroy their whole conception of themselves.

...fashions an examination of marital upset that’sbeautifully written, sometimes quite funny, and plotted with a kind of forensicexactitude.