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Allegro

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Allegro reviews
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7.5 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 5 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama  |  Foreign

Written by: Christoffer Boe
Mikael Wulff

Directed by: Christoffer Boe

Release Date:
Theatrical: May 9, 2007

Running Time: 88 minutes, Color

Origin: Denmark

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Ulrich Thomsen, Helena Christensen, and Henning Moritzen

The director of Reconstruction, winner of the Cannes Camera d'Or in 2003, returns with Allegro, another mind-boggling exploration of his signature themes of love and memory. (International Film Circuit)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Film Threat Michael Ferraro

An existential masterpiece. Merging the stylistic direction of Jean-Pierre Jeunet with the existential sensibilities of Charlie Kaufman, creating one of the most memorable films ever made.

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75

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Spare, elegant and tailor-made for intense discussions over dark coffee, Boe's film is a slily bold and delightfully inventive variation on an age-old theme.

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60

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Its most intriguing moments evoke the way that memory plays tricks and our visions of the past are actually scrambled composites of impressions and feelings.

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60

Variety Leslie Felperin

Sophomore effort by Danish helmer Christoffer Boe offers a mix of cerebral sci-fi conceits, baroque visual texture and romantic melancholy similar to that in his Cannes kudo-reaping debut, "Reconstruction." Still, pic is remarkably original and reps further evidence of a unique directorial vision.

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30

Village Voice Nathan Lee

Unmotivated jitters and flash-zooms abound, needlessly complicating a flagrantly elaborate premise.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Lengyel G. gave it a10:
It is a masterpiece. I started to watch it half asleep and I was amazed.

Chad S. gave it a7:
"The Zone", in "Allegro", is a televised screen(like a desert vista in a Road Runner cartoon that the coyote would smash into) that contains a static representation of a Copenhagen neighborhood, which to me, vaguely recalls the use of back screen projection in Lars Von Trier's "Zentropa". So does the narration, even though it's not in second-person. If you ever wondered how a film scripted by Charlie Kaufman would look in the hands of an intellectually rigorous(rather than playful) filmmaker like Von Trier, "Allegro" is your movie. How Zetterstrom(Ulrich Thomsen) enters another world, an absurdest world("The Zone"), is reminiscent of "Being John Malkovich", and his memory erasure of a true love, Andrea(Helena Christensen), is similar to "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind". Those two films were fun. "Allegro" is not. It does, however, has something interesting to say about the foolishness of loving your craft more than a human being. When Andrea abandons Zetterstorm after a recital, he erases her from his mind. When he loses his ability to play the piano, "Allegro" shows us how empty our lives are without love. Without his talent, Zetterstorm is nothing.

Tommy A. gave it an8:
Glad to see this is finally getting a wider release.

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