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Flickering Lights

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Flickering Lights (2001)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:7

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Many films have been made about young men who run in gangs who never seem to grow. The crew in this Danish gangster comedy are well into adulthood and still haven't outgrown the petty crimes they... Many films have been made about young men who run in gangs who never seem to grow. The crew in this Danish gangster comedy are well into adulthood and still haven't outgrown the petty crimes they commit with the crew. Fleeing from a crime spree, they see a more legit future in an abandoned building as the old friends decide to renovate and open a restaurant in this hiding place they have stumbled upon. Now, these motley crew, who weren't even skilled in making a living illegally, attempt to turn the lives around while turning the restaurant business upside down. Combining a brutish gangster sensibility with a gentle sense of humor, director Anders Thomas Jensen (screenwriter of MIFUNE) has constructed an unusually sweet comedy about ruffians. [More]

Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Sofie Grabol

Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Sofie Grabol, Frits Helmuth, Iben Hjejle

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Screenwriter: Anders Thomas Jensen

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Mar 25, 2003

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  • Academy Award™ winner Anders Thomas Jensen, whose style has been described as a cross between Tarantino and The Coen brothers, has pulled a stunner with Flickering Lights, both shocking and funny, violent and gentle. It's a brand new kind of gangster comedy about four childhood buddies whose screwed-up crimes turn out to have redeeming value. Torkild, a bumbling petty criminal, and his accomplices, dispatched by a mob boss to rob a diplomat, decide to flee with the loot and head for Barcelona. After their van breaks down in the Danish countryside, they find refuge in an abandoned building. Their leader, deciding that he's tired of the criminal life, buys it in hopes of opening a restaurant. Even though his little gang of faithful buddies (who have never really grown up) has a depressing tendency to fail at all jobs, they unite in the effort and magically, incredibly, are able to turn their lives around.
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    07/20/04
    Film Threat

    It's funny and violent and fast and, er, Danish.

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    08/08/03
    Stephen Hunter
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    Mostly, it exults in its inspired potential rather than any brilliant results.

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    08/08/03
    Desson Thomson
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    Since the ultimate direction of the gangster plot is obvious from the beginning, the filmmaker is counting on the freshness and unpredictability of such moments to keep us engaged -- a gamble that pays off only modestly.

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    03/31/03
    Michael Tunison
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    A fun, rich, Danish multi-character study that scores courtesy of its fully-dimensional story, interesting dialogue and vivid characterizations.

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    03/31/03
    Brent Simon
    Brent Simon
    Entertainment Today

    A bleak male-bonding comedy that's a queasy blend of brutal humor and escalating sentimentality, it is overlong, heavy-handed, slow and unpersuasive.

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    03/27/03
    Kevin Thomas
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    The script is full of witty dialogue and simple yet complex situations.

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    03/27/03
    Eric Vanstrom
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    The personality conflicts among the four seem a bit formulaic, as do the flashbacks explaining why each turned to crime, but the narrative is inventive enough to sustain interest.

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    03/27/03
    Fred Camper
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    This impressive debut feature from writer-director Anders Thom as Jensen is decidedly offbeat.

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    03/27/03
    Chuck Wilson
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