2011
Unrated
Olive Films
1 h 39 m

2011
Unrated
Olive Films
1 h 39 m

Summary R is as gritty, punishing and intense as a two year stint in Denmark's toughest penitentiary, but infinitely more riveting. That's where prisoner R finds himself serving a sentence for violent assault. It's his first conviction but he ends up with the hard-core lifers in a world filled with rules, honour and debts to be paid. A world in ...

Directed By: Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer

Written By: Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer

2011
Unrated
Olive Films
1 h 39 m

2011
Unrated
Olive Films
1 h 39 m

R

Name: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2011-06-17
Duration: 1 min 39 s
Rating: 67
Cast: Pilou Asbæk, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Roland Møller, Jacob Gredsted, Omar Shargawi

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer

Written By: Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

67% Positive
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Time Out

Jun 14, 2011

This unflinching parable brings the hammer down on its cinematic brethren's fetishization of cell-block Rockefellers. R's final shot says it all: The house wins. The house always wins.

By David Fear FULL REVIEW

New York Post

Jun 17, 2011

If you were among the many who thought highly of "A Prophet," the French prison drama that played here last year, you'll want to see the brutally realistic Danish thriller R.

By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Jun 14, 2011

If the trajectory of R foreshadows tragedy early and often (what prison film doesn't?), the filmmakers manage to infuse quiet moments of reflection and panic into each man's traumatic experience.

By Glenn Heath Jr. FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jun 16, 2011

Isn't as hellish as the situation behind bars is portrayed in American movies, some of which are so gory they qualify as prison porn. But it is awful enough.

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

Variety

Jun 14, 2011

More pathetic than sympathetic, the young protags are not romanticized or made heroic. While this suits the style of the picture, which never conforms to the melodramatic conventions and stock characters of the prison genre, it also works against audience identification.

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Village Voice

Jun 14, 2011

Following "Prophet" director Jacques Audiard's lead, Lindholm and Noer attempt to make up in raw emotion what their film lacks in context, an approach good for a surprising amount of mileage, until the project finally chokes on its own inevitable nihilism.

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Production Company Nordisk Film

Release Date Jun 17, 2011

Duration 1 h 39 m

Rating Unrated

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Awards

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

• 8 Wins & 8 Nominations

Bodil Awards

• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations

Göteborg Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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Top Cast

Pilou Asbæk

Rune

Dulfi Al-Jabouri

Rashid

Roland Møller

Mureren

Jacob Gredsted

Carsten

Omar Shargawi

Bazhir

Kim Winther

Fængselsbetjent Kim

Jorg Beutnagel

Fængselsbetjent Bjørn

Lars Jensen

Ladby

Johnny Nielsen

Køkkenchef

Claus Saric Pedersen

Mini

Sune Nørgaard

Sune

Claus Poulsen

Claus

Helmuth Kristensen

Helmuth

Ali Nehzed

Ali

Søren Thomsen

4. vest

Ronnie Jensen

4. vest

Erik Bo Andersen

4. vest

Jonas Hofer

4. vest

John Larsen

4. vest

Johnny Hoffmann Laurberg Fabricius

4. vest

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