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64
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63
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57
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53
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49
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Mifune
Sony Pictures Classics
MPAA RATING: R for strong sexuality and language, and for some violence
Starring
Iben Hjejle,
Anders N. Berthelsen,
and
Jesper Asholt
In this bittersweet comedy, a newlywed businessman who is faced with the death of his father returns to the family farm to care for his mentally disabled brother.
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Anders Thomas Jensen
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Soren Kragh-Jacobsen
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 5, 2000
Video: August 22, 2000
Theatrical: February 25, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
99 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Denmark / Sweden |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Danish (with English subtitles) |

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
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
A vital, sexy and touching movie that goes to the heart of what human caring is all about.

88
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
A delightful, fresh dark comedy.

88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
With the filmmaking techniques pared to the bone, it is left to the actors to bring the scenes alive - and they do, often brilliantly.

88
Chicago Tribune
Marc Caro
Shares the characters' off-kilter yet human qualities.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
As loose and restful as pajamas.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
An edgy comedy with heart.

75
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Refreshingly nondogmatic.

75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
The liveliest, most original family values film of the year so far.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
If the story is immensely satisfying in a traditional way, the style has its own delights.

70
Film.com
Robert Horton
An acerbically comic fable.

70
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
A mood of anarchic spontaneity and freshness that thrills.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Curious and effective.

63
USA Today
Mike Clark
An unusual walk down the aisle.

63
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Queasy comedy.

60
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
A pow-in-the-kisser kind of movie.

60
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
The brusque realism of Kragh-Jacobsen's style -- his careful suppression of style -- allows a surprising sweetness to emerge.

53
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
Might be structured like a soggy house of cards, but it's shot beautifully and acted expertly.

50
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Both enjoyably lighthearted and proof that even the most stridently purist approach to filmmaking can produce a cliched romantic comedy.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Makes up in solid acting what it lacks in Hollywood-type frills.

50
Film.com
Elizabeth Weitzman
There are satisfying moments throughout the movie.

50
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
Mifune's radical stylings belie its clichéd core.

40
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Cliched narrative, which isn't funny as often as seems intended.

20
Slate
David Edelstein
Material so utterly conventional that you can predict every plot turn after the first half-hour.

20
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
Grows increasingly slack and silly.


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