Applause (2009)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 29
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 2
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Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 1
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When the critically acclaimed, tough and coming of age actress Thea Barfoed ends her rehab, she confronts a hard choice. During her heavy drinking period she divorced and lost custody of her two boys. Now she wants them to be a part of her life again. Christian, her ex husband is quickly softened by her tough manipulative but charming figure and agrees. She has to prove to her self and to him, that she is worth the try. But the hard life on stage, and the ghosts of the past slowly comes knocking
Cast
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Paprika Steen
Thea, Thea Barfoed -
Michael Falch
Christian, Christian Ba... -
Otto Leonardo Steen Rieks
William, William Barfoe... -
Noel Koch-Søfeldt
Matthias, Matthias Barf... -
Lars Brygmann
George -
Johanne Dam
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Michael Kastrupsen
AA mand -
Uffe Rørbæk Madsen
Peter -
Sara-Marie Maltha
Maiken -
Malou Leth Reyman
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Shanti Roney
Tom -
Annette Rossing
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Henriette Rossing
Bartender -
Nanna Tange
Ekspedient -
Helen Morgan
Kitty Darling -
Joan Peers
April Darling -
Fuller Mellish
Hitch Nelson -
Jack Cameron
Joe King -
Henry Wadsworth
Tony -
Dorothy Cumming
Mother Superior -
Paul Barrett
Slim Lamont -
Jack Singer
Producer -
Uffe Rorbaek
Peter
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All Critics (31) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (2) | DVD (2)
"Applause" is a very minor film with a massive performance at its center.
Top CriticSteen [is] in every scene of the film and crafts an intricate portrait of a woman teetering on the brink, but never toppling.
As much of [Steen] as there is, you'll want more.
Paprika Steen makes this particular character her own. And makes us join her adoring on-screen audience as we watch her play out -- gorgeously, horrifyingly -- her own tragic scenes.
Director and co-writer Martin Pieter Zandvliet draws inspired work from Steen. You feel her every emotion.
There's no real fight in Applause, though there is indisputably a great deal of acting.
A whirlwind demolition derby of an acting job by Ms. Steen.
The story is not new, but the film's measured take and Steen's volatile performance are worth seeing.
Applause has moments of flourish and moments that reach towards something as pared down as Thea's play, but it ultimately can't match the candor Steen brings to the screen. Really, little can.
An engrossing, unflinchingly honest drama that showcases Paprika Steen's haunting, brave and tour de force performance.
This pummeling drama about a self-absorbed, alcoholic actress who fails as a wife and mother is all about the intense performance of star Paprika Steen. A bonanza to be devoured by students/practitioners/fans of the thesp trade.
As a showcase for its star, the Danish actress Paprika Steen, it's still rewarding in its own quiet, jarring way.
Not surprisingly, the movie lives and dies on Steen's performance; not only is she in almost every frame, but at times, the camera is in so close that nothing is visible but her pitted, ravaged face.
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Foreign Titles
- Applause (Aplaus) (DE)
- Applause (Aplaus) (UK)
