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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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    Edward Porter

    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: | comment Comment | Jul., 28 2009 02:07 AM

    Sunday Times (UK)

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    Philip French

    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: | comment Comment | Jul., 28 2009 01:56 AM

    Observer [UK]

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    2/5

    Allan Hunter

    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: | comment Comment | Jul., 28 2009 01:39 AM

    Daily Express

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    2/5

    Patrick Peters

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

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 07:01 AM

    Empire Magazine

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    3/5

    Wally Hammond

    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: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 06:54 AM

    Time Out

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    2/5

    Tim Robey

    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: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 06:45 AM

    Daily Telegraph

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    3.5/5

    Ali Catterall

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

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 06:41 AM

    Channel 4 Film

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    4/5

    David Edwards

    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: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 06:31 AM

    Daily Mirror [UK]

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    3/5

    Derek Malcolm

    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: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 06:24 AM

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    3/5

    Kevin Maher

    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: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 05:13 AM

    Times [UK]

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    2/5

    Peter Bradshaw

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

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 04:46 AM

    Guardian [UK]

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    3/5

    Jonas Milk

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

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 04:20 AM

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    4/5

    Rob Daniel

    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: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 04:03 AM

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    3/5

    Neil Smith

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

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 03:37 AM

    Total Film

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    3/5

    Christopher Tookey

    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: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 03:26 AM

    Daily Mail [UK]

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    2/5

    Nigel Andrews

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

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 03:13 AM

    Financial Times

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    3/5

    Anthony Quinn

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

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 03:06 AM

    Independent

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    3/5

    Matthew Turner

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

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 02:38 AM

    ViewLondon

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    3.5/5

    Rich Cline

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

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 02:22 AM

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    Robbie Collin

    The best thriller I've seen all year.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2009 02:15 AM

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