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Mifune
Sony Pictures Classics


7.0

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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
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)

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San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

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

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.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

A delightful, fresh dark comedy.

Chicago Tribune Marc Caro

Shares the characters' off-kilter yet human qualities.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

As loose and restful as pajamas.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

If the story is immensely satisfying in a traditional way, the style has its own delights.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Refreshingly nondogmatic.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

The liveliest, most original family values film of the year so far.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

An edgy comedy with heart.

Film.com Robert Horton

An acerbically comic fable.

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

A mood of anarchic spontaneity and freshness that thrills.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Curious and effective.

USA Today Mike Clark

An unusual walk down the aisle.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

Queasy comedy.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A pow-in-the-kisser kind of movie.

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.

Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson

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

TV Guide Ken Fox

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

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

Mifune's radical stylings belie its clichéd core.

Film.com Elizabeth Weitzman

There are satisfying moments throughout the movie.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Makes up in solid acting what it lacks in Hollywood-type frills.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Cliched narrative, which isn't funny as often as seems intended.

Slate David Edelstein

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

Village Voice Dennis Lim

Grows increasingly slack and silly.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Paula W. gave it a 7:
A sweet-natured story of weary urbanites finding solace in an unexpected move to the country. Mifune is nothing really new. What saves it from the run of the mill is that (in keeping with the filmmaking principles of the Dogma 95 movement) there are no gimmicks: no tricky editing, no artificial lighting. Just a charming story, straightforwardly told.

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Mifune
Sony Pictures Classics