Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2
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Release Date: Jun 10, 2009 Wide
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Director Kristian Levring examines middle-class disenfranchisement in contemporary Copenhagen with this chilling psychological drama about a family man who just can't help but suspect that he's not as happy as he should be. Mikael (Ulrich Thomsen) is a workaholic husband and father who's recently taken some time off work to move his family into his wife's childhood home in the suburbs. He wants to learn how to relax, and it seems like this latest move is a step in the right direction. His wife,
Jun 10, 2009 Wide
Nov 16, 2010
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All Critics (7) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2)
reaches for palpable psychosis but, in the end, achieves only meandering dread.
Couple the deft writing, direction and superb acting, especially Ulrich Thomsen, with the lush, beautiful photography (by Jens Schlosser) and you get an above average study...
The kind of concept Alfred Hitchcock would have loved ... a hauntingly effective little film.
A calm, quiet performance from Ulrich Thomsen initially seems too restrained, but Levring and his star prove they know exactly what they are doing in this uniquely startling character study.
The latest from the Dogma cine-factory is notable for director Kristian Levring's visual suggestion of madness.
A dark thriller that doesn't completely come together but Thomsen's excellent performance keeps it from falling apart and fans of left-of-center suspense films should take a look.
...remains curiously uninvolving for the bulk of its running time.
Heavy movie, not fast paced, no neat happy ending, not a movie Hollywood would make. Good movie.
September 24, 2011(***): Thumbs Up Interesting and well-acted.
January 13, 2011
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