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Just Another Love Story (2009)

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Reviews Counted:42

Fresh:31

Rotten:11

Average Rating:6.1/10

Consensus: An intense foreign language noir, Just Another Love Story uses some generic methods to tell its tale of mistaken identity but is sharply entertaining nonetheless.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jan 9, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: If the first order of business for any self-respecting film noir is a dead body with a story to tell, Ole Bornedal is quick to oblige. But rest assured that this twisted, visually energized genre... If the first order of business for any self-respecting film noir is a dead body with a story to tell, Ole Bornedal is quick to oblige. But rest assured that this twisted, visually energized genre bender has no further use for “custom,” and Just Another Love Story is anything but.

Jonas is a crime photographer, a family man, and a generally beleaguered resident of suburban malaise until he’s involved in a car accident that leaves a stranger, Julia, unconscious in the hospital. Curiosity compels Jonas to visit her, but when Julia’s family mistakes him for her boyfriend, Sebastian (whom they’ve never met), Jonas readily steps into the role. His pretense would be short lived, but Julia awakens with amnesia and, enlivened by the new identity he’s inherited, Jonas maintains the deception. Of course, memories return. And so do boyfriends.

Playing with flashbacks, employing a linearly fractured narrative, and freely manipulating noir’s standard devices and archetypes, Bornedal’s dexterity with genre conventions is on full display here. Constantly aware of what’s predictable, he heads in the opposite direction. Moreover, he latches onto a completely universal impulse--the desire to reinvent ourselves. But fatalism rules in noir, and the cruel irony--tailor made for that dead body--is that living a life that isn’t yours is a dangerous game, an illusory freedom. The truth always comes knocking at your door. --© Sundance Film Festival
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Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich, Dejan Cukic

Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich, Dejan Cukic, Ewa Froling, Bent Mejding, Rebecka Hemse

Director: Ole Bornedal

Director: Ole Bornedal
Producer: Michael Obel
Composer: Joachim Holbek
Studio: Koch Lorber Films

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  • Director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch) returns to quicken the pulse of thriller fans with this genre-bending tale of a crime scene photographer and family man who is violently shaken out of his suburban malaise. After Jonas unintentionally causes a car accident that leaves Julia crippled with amnesia, he’s compelled to visit her in the hospital. But when Julia’s family mistakes him for her boyfriend Sebastian, Jonas readily steps into the role. Jonas immediately falls for Julia and becomes enlivened by his new identity – until the day her memories return.
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    It’s done with some style, Bornedal telling much of the story in nifty montages set to insistent music, but I couldn’t get into the spirit of it.

    Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
    07/28/09
    Edward Porter
    Edward Porter
    Sunday Times (UK)

    This engrossing Danish thriller is like the 1995 Sandra Bullock vehicle While You Were Sleeping merged with Festen and turned into a film noir.

    Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
    07/28/09
    Philip French
    Philip French
    Observer [UK]

    You are swept along by the confidence of the storytelling even as you accept it might not hold up to close scrutiny.

    Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
    07/28/09
    Allan Hunter
    Allan Hunter
    Daily Express

    High concept thriller which fails to captivate due to unsympathetic characters.

    Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Patrick Peters
    Patrick Peters
    Empire Magazine

    Ambitious cross-cutting and occasional bursts of strident music hint at psychologically complex parallels and readings that the film fails to deliver.

    Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Wally Hammond
    Wally Hammond
    Time Out

    The film’s best hope is black comedy — it’s certainly impossible to take seriously — and yet crazy amounts of it are socked over as bombastic, overedited melodrama.

    Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Tim Robey
    Tim Robey
    Daily Telegraph

    A fast, furious and fun homage to film noir with heart to spare.

    Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Ali Catterall
    Ali Catterall
    Channel 4 Film

    Cracking along at a fast pace with a plot full of twists and turns, it's a first-rate thriller and one bound to get the Hollywood remake treatment very soon.

    Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    David Edwards
    David Edwards
    Daily Mirror [UK]

    It’s melodrama, and sometimes absurdist. But there’s a sense of humour too and while it trips over itself in the effort to be original, it is an impressive piece of film-making all the same.

    Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Derek Malcolm
    Derek Malcolm
    This is London

    Bornedal’s movie is slick and arresting, and proves again to Hollywood that mature genre film-making is thriving on this side of the Atlantic.

    Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Kevin Maher
    Kevin Maher
    Times [UK]

    A game but chaotic attempt at neo-noir, ferociously acted and directed.

    Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Peter Bradshaw
    Peter Bradshaw
    Guardian [UK]

    A well paced, though hardly credible, piece of noir.

    Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Jonas Milk
    Jonas Milk
    Little White Lies

    Nimbly weaving between mid-life crisis melodrama, noir, comedy, horror, this is Lars von Trier meets Michael Haneke and, in a good way, one of the year's most uncomfortable watches.

    Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Rob Daniel
    Rob Daniel
    Sky Movies

    The grim result might stretch credibility, but that doesn’t make it any less entertaining.

    Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Neil Smith
    Neil Smith
    Total Film

    It's a Hitchcock-style thriller involving mistaken identity, mid-life crisis and adulterous romance. It gets very far-fetched towards the end, but it's enjoyably suspenseful and extremely well acted.

    Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Christopher Tookey
    Christopher Tookey
    Daily Mail [UK]

    Just Another Love Story, directed by Ole Bornedal, has a style like play-school Ingmar Bergman.

    Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Nigel Andrews
    Nigel Andrews
    Financial Times

    The lure of a new life kickstarts this gripping Danish noir-romance.

    Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    Independent

    An enjoyable slice of Danish noir, thanks to a smartly written script and strong performances.

    Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Matthew Turner
    Matthew Turner
    ViewLondon

    Even though it's sometimes contrived, it's utterly gripping.

    Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Rich Cline
    Rich Cline
    Shadows on the Wall

    The best thriller I've seen all year.

    Full Review Source: News of the World | comment Comment
    07/24/09
    Robbie Collin
    Robbie Collin
    News of the World
     
     
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