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Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2003)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:12

Rotten:6

Average Rating:5.7/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Jan 17, 2003 Limited

Synopsis: From the screenwriter of THE CELEBRATION comes KIRA'S REASON: A LOVE STORY, a Danish Dogme film directed by Ole Christian Madsen. A recovering mental patient, Kira (Stine Stengade) returns home to... From the screenwriter of THE CELEBRATION comes KIRA'S REASON: A LOVE STORY, a Danish Dogme film directed by Ole Christian Madsen. A recovering mental patient, Kira (Stine Stengade) returns home to her husband after a stay in a psychiatric hospital, only to begin a long and difficult adjustment back to her old life. She struggles to accept that her husband had an affair while she was undergoing treatment, a fact that he admits to openly. Jealous rage causes her to have stressful fits and temper tantrums which are quieted by her seemingly patient and loving husband. Though her interest in her children has faded to nothing, she appears to be making progress. Then, in a sudden twist, she goes off the deep end. What ensues is a series of complex, disturbing, violent, and confusing events that break through every notion viewers had about the movie they were watching. A dark and winding tale full of emotional torment and shocking mood swings, KIRA'S REASON shows Madsen's clear expertise with filmmaking. With his starkly depressive characters and uncomfortable photographic techniques, he knows exactly how to evoke an intense reaction from his audience. [More]

Starring: Stine Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Sven Wollter, Camilla Bendix

Starring: Stine Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Sven Wollter, Camilla Bendix, Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen

Director: Ole Christian Madsen

Director: Ole Christian Madsen
Screenwriter: Mogens Rukov
Studio: First Run Features

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
08/16/07
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

An incredibly touching ride along the jilting, jarring ups-and-downs of a deeply, madly loving relationship, where two people never quit trying, and failing, together.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
05/29/06
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

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08/26/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

[S]tunning... a sometimes painfully intimate peek at a crumbling marriage...

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
08/08/04
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

As [Kira's] actions become more impulsive and her marriage unravels, the film is engagingly unpredictable.

Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com | comment Comment
04/15/04
Kent Turner
Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com

Its pat finale ill-befits a film that otherwise strives successfully for stark emotional realism.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
02/13/04
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

...Stengade’s portrayal of a mad housewife is alternately arresting and repelling, the kind of work for which they ought to hand out statues.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
05/05/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Had the film's center been the husband, it would have been more intriguing.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
03/16/03
Kim Williamson
Kim Williamson
Boxoffice Magazine

Stengade, in her first leading role, is at once vulnerable and frighteningly manic.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
03/04/03
Laine Ewen
Laine Ewen
Premiere Magazine

While Madsen and his Dogme 95 colleagues seek to overcome Hollywood’s influence, Kira's Reason is an indication that they are a product of the same patriarchy.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
02/01/03
Maria Garcia
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International

This Danish import provides a showcase for the lead actors, especially wide-eyed Stengade, who manages sensuality amid all the emotional volatility.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/24/03
E! Online
N/R

Steeped in a chaotic intensity that characterizes a fractured, disoriented mind.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
01/19/03
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

Stengarde gives an arresting performance as a mentally unstable woman.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
01/17/03
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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The film never particularly achieves any depth or resonance and ultimately comes across as a series of wacky, albeit rather disturbing episodes.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
01/17/03
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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The most colorful Dogme film, and the best to portray beauty, albeit damaged beauty.

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
01/17/03
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

[Allows] the actors to inhabit characters who are painfully contradictory, frustrating, flawed, vulnerable and bound to each other.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/16/03
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Despite Kira's Reason's chamber-drama focus, it never achieves [Madsen's] first film's intimacy.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/14/03
Laura Sinagra
Laura Sinagra
Village Voice
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In Stine Stengade's intensely engaging performance, Kira is always one step away from the abyss, although, without apparent effort, she manages to hang on.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
10/24/02
Marta Barber
Marta Barber
Miami Herald

Easily one of the most affecting films of the year.

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10/23/02
Adam Nayman
Adam Nayman
eye WEEKLY

Tying up the psychological loose ends of a movie that promised so much more, the trite ending subscribes to the bogus therapeutic notion that one good cry and a confession of vulnerability can wipe away a lifetime of repression.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
10/23/02
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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