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- 2003
- R
- Newmarket Films
- 1 h 53 m
- 2003
- R
- Newmarket Films
- 1 h 53 m
Summary Adhering to the guidelines of the celebrated Dogme 95 manifesto, this film focuses on a young engaged couple in Copenhagen who finds their relationship changed forever when the man is hit by a car and paralyzed.
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne Bier
- 2003
- R
- Newmarket Films
- 1 h 53 m
- 2003
- R
- Newmarket Films
- 1 h 53 m
Open Hearts
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6.1
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Summary Adhering to the guidelines of the celebrated Dogme 95 manifesto, this film focuses on a young engaged couple in Copenhagen who finds their relationship changed forever when the man is hit by a car and paralyzed.
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne Bier
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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95% Positive
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5% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
77
95% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
5% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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Although the plot might sound like the stuff of a soap opera, a smart script, strong performances and an ideologically determined lack of filmmaking niceties result in a shattering, deeply felt work.
Well-made film. Indeed, discovering such a small pleasure is the kind of experience that rewards film lovers who browse with open eyes as well as hearts.
The gritty, low-budget realism approach of the Dogme manifesto gives immediacy and edge to the raw emotions Bier and her cast uncover. Best of all, Bier never forgets that a little humor can relieve an awful lot of pain.
A very good new Dogme by Danish director Susanne Bier, begins with several lives in excellent working order, and proceeds by way of domestic tragedy to a full-court emotional train wreck.
It is as emotionally raw and wrenching as life itself.
Though the plot's soap-opera turns become tidy and predictable, the film shows remarkable attunement and sympathy toward a group of characters whose lives intersect and unravel on a cruel twist of fate.
And you thought Hamlet was a melancholy Dane. Compared with this gloomy group, he's Pee Wee Herman.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
6.1
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
6.1
64% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
18% Mixed
2 Ratings
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18% Negative
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Awards
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
• 5 Wins & 10 Nominations
Bodil Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Rouen Nordic Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
