Took me ages to get to finally see it. Manderlay failed to capture me like Dogville did, but few films do. I think part of this is the altered cast. Willem Dafoe I can accept in exchange for James Caan, but Bryce Dallas Howard is a very poor substitute for Nicole Kidman. The film was good, and delivered its share of twists and melodrama, but part of the film (particularly the dust sequence) felt disturbingly predictable. I'd say one of the more interesting films of the year but not without its flaws. Von Trier seems to delight in exposing the underbelly of America, but I feel he is missing something here.