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This Danish comedy drama won the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It opens in rural Denmark as family members assemble for the 60th birthday celebration of patriarch Helge (Henning Moritzen). At the family estate are Helge's children: France-based restaurateur Christian (Ulrich Thomsen), whose twin sister killed herself; surviving sister Helene (Paprika Steen); and younger brother Michael (Thomas Bo Larsen), married with three children. At the birthday dinner, the bitter Christian
Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.
Jun 19, 1998 Wide
Apr 12, 2005
October Films
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The Celebration is founded on a cheeky display of cinephilic self-promotion.
gripping and devastatingly powerful
Best of the 'Dogme' fims, which isn't saying much, but there you go.
Extraordinary...It is a celebration, not of a sham birthday party, but of the transformative power of truth.
A major triumph for the Dogme group, and a success from any point of view.
Pungent family drama, but thuddingly self-serious and wildly overpraised.
Simple, stripped-down film by Danish auteur Thomas Vinterberg, made under the Dogme 95 manifesto which, among other things, promotes shooting with a handheld camera while restricting the use of artificial lighting. The realistic, almost home-video style and look of the film makes it feel natural, organic, unrehearsed.
April 3, 2011Super Reviewer
A great story which was confusing at times. I'm not sure about some of what happened as it was in a different language and it's hard to read the scene whilst reading the subtitles and sarcasm doesn't always come across in writing. Well worth watching though.
January 31, 2011Super Reviewer
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