Professionally done. Truly professionally. Looks and sounds better than other Danish movies I saw lately - actually, i found the music magnificent.
Still, it's way below above mentioned other Danish movies. A friend of mine pretty much summarized the main problem after watching: it uses extremely naturalistic and realistic tools to tell you a ridiculous story. The story is a wannabe smart thriller, and it almost does it - it just doesn't manage to put the pieces into one credible whole. It ends up with too much exciting new turns, lots of unnecessary exotic bs and one inconsistency after another. I think i have a similar problem with other users praising the film for being "honest". It really tries being honest and outspoken, but somehow ends up as a wannabe very-cool-and-realistic thing, tries so hard that it just misses the balance. It shows all these very strong emotions, but they stem from very weakly written situations, and the not to authentic-looking emotions are just overexploited.
And what you end up with is loads of kitsch, slow motion and show-off violence.
However, i'm still a supporter of the new wave of Danish films, and this one has a couple of inevitable merits, like some beautifully composed scenes, and as i already wrote, the music is lovely.
Still, it's way below above mentioned other Danish movies. A friend of mine pretty much summarized the main problem after watching: it uses extremely naturalistic and realistic tools to tell you a ridiculous story. The story is a wannabe smart thriller, and it almost does it - it just doesn't manage to put the pieces into one credible whole. It ends up with too much exciting new turns, lots of unnecessary exotic bs and one inconsistency after another. I think i have a similar problem with other users praising the film for being "honest". It really tries being honest and outspoken, but somehow ends up as a wannabe very-cool-and-realistic thing, tries so hard that it just misses the balance. It shows all these very strong emotions, but they stem from very weakly written situations, and the not to authentic-looking emotions are just overexploited.
And what you end up with is loads of kitsch, slow motion and show-off violence.
However, i'm still a supporter of the new wave of Danish films, and this one has a couple of inevitable merits, like some beautifully composed scenes, and as i already wrote, the music is lovely.