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Flammen & Citronen (Flame & Citron) (The Flame and the Lemon) (2008)

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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 69
Fresh: 60 | Rotten: 9

The true story of the Danish resistance in WW2, though lengthy and sprawling, is gripping and competently made.

Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 1

The true story of the Danish resistance in WW2, though lengthy and sprawling, is gripping and competently made.

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Festival cause c�l�bre Ole Christian Madsen -- the director of critically championed prior efforts including Kira's Reason (2001) and Prague (2006) -- turns away from the domestic drama that characterized his earlier filmography with this unusual period thriller, adapted from historical events. Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen star, respectively, as Flame and Citron. As two members of the anti-Nazi Danish resistance during the Second World War, their activities predominantly consist of hunting

Unrated, 2 hr. 12 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Ole Christian Madsen

Written By: Lars Kolding Andersen, Ole Christian Madsen

In Theaters: Mar 28, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Feb 23, 2010

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All Critics (69) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (61) | Rotten (9) | DVD (3)

Madsen has acknowledged a strong debt to Pierre Melville's 1969 classic Army of Shadows. This one deserves a seat at the same table.

January 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Film.com

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Jonathan F. Richards

Film.com

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It's fast-paced, stylish and thrilling. But it also raises one tough question.

December 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

Top Critic

Madsen makes the most of his budget, and he keeps pulling his camera back for long, visually sumptuous overhead shots.

November 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Top Critic

To its credit, the film gives full weight to the confusion and ambivalence of war; the struggle for liberation from tyranny rarely looks so dubious.

November 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Colin Covert

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Top Critic

[An] atypical and moody noir war film.

September 9, 2009 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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Flame & Citron examines the moral shadings of the Danish resistance during World War II without turning into a revisionist bore.

August 21, 2009 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Walter V. Addiego

San Francisco Chronicle

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A hard jewel of righteous political fury.

August 29, 2011 Full Review Source: East Bay Express

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

...a film noir set in wartime where there's moral ambiguity almost everywhere you look as well as large measures of heroism, treachery and ordinary human failings.

December 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Playback:stl

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

It winds its way through a tricky, fact-based plot that's sometimes reminiscent of film noir. At the center is a bewitching femme fatale whose allegiances and motives are less than clear.

December 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Seattle Times

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John Hartl

Seattle Times

While it may not be a smorgasbord of red herrings and red meat, Flame and Citron is often chilling.

December 17, 2009 Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A drop-dead gorgeous period noir, rife with paranoia, femmes fatales, and good men inexorably sinking into the bloody mire and opaque texture of life (and death) during wartime.

November 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Unfortunately, although it was supposedly inspired by the morally conflicted French Resistance masterpiece Army of Shadows, Flame fizzles more than it flames.

November 6, 2009 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)

St. Paul Pioneer Press

A suspenseful, often riverting drama of World War II resistance that combines old-fashioned virtues of craft and style with a more modern sense of nuance and complexity.

October 31, 2009 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

This film is based on a true story that director Ole Christian Madsen feels must be told with earnest noir and war-movie clich�s.

September 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix

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Peter Keough

Boston Phoenix

...a fascinating dual character study lodged within a somewhat stodgy film.

August 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

The filmmakers do a terrific job in placing us in 1944 Copenhagen under Nazi rule.

August 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews

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Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

"Flame and Citron" is a spine-tingling war drama with superb acting.

August 25, 2009 Full Review | Comment

Jeanne Kaplan

Kaplan vs. Kaplan

The film evolves into a mystery about who the two men can trust, besides each other, and the results are often nail-biting.

August 25, 2009 Full Review | Comment

David Kaplan

Kaplan vs. Kaplan

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Well....all in all I thought that this movie was really good. Strong acting. Strong production. Strong true story. BUT, in between the action parts it really kind of dragged. Plus, I think they could have shaved off maybe 30 min or so. That being said, this is one of my favorite subjects, and this movie really did try

October 14, 2010

Cynthia S.

Super Reviewer

Okay, it's a less known story of two martyrs (read 'resistance fighters' if you feel 'martyrs' is an exaggerated term) that needs to be told. Effort appreciated. But besides that the movie fails to rise above an average based-on-a-true-story action thriller war movie with a bit of interwoven romantic track. The

July 16, 2010

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