Comedy > Danish Comedy

Italian lessons in love

Advantages: Heartwarming look at life and blossoming relationships
Disadvantages: Ties up too neatly

...him sacked. He's fluent in Italian and translates for his colleague... Giulia (Sara Indrio Jensen), a young Italian waitress who barely speaks Danish. She spends most of her time praying that Jorgen will notice her, even though he is 10 years older and doesn't speak Italian. Olympia (Anette Stovelbaek) is the excessively clumsy bakery assistant who takes leftover cakes to her ungrateful and extremely bitter homebound father every night. Her father ...
...through their workplaces and an Italian evening class some of them join to learn Italian, but become poignantly closer through a series of coincidences. ---- Synopsis over ---- The film is a wonderful exploration of human nature, a result I guess from the Dogme mandate. As the film is unable to rely on false settings or special effects, it is forced to make full use of its script and actors' acting skills. Each of the characters are at first filmed ...

chinnyli 29.05.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Italian For Beginners (Subtitled) (DVD)

The idiots

Advantages: Getting to hear danish
Disadvantages: The characters are superficial, a useless twist, arty-farty directing.

...it was von Trier's master-piece, the quintessence of the dogma-95 movement. This movement was created in 95 by a bunch of scandinavians (including Lars Von Trier) and has a certain set of rules that every director must abide to in order to be accepted in the elitist movement. So the camera must be hand-held only, no music, no murder, etc... Personally I think this movement is quite silly but after all I've only seen one of its fruits. Moving on ...
...more of a comedy at the beginning but becomes an emotional over the top drama. The main character Karen becomes involved in the group without really having a choice and decided to stay with them and join in all the FUN! She says she's happy but I doubt that in real life anybody would be really happy in such a situation. Anyway, at the end the leader of the group looses it and gets obsessed with their hobby. He challenges everybody to go back to their ...

Gobygaby 15.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Idiots (Subtitled) (DVD)

The ðffice, Danish style!

Advantages: Excellent film maker
Disadvantages: Not everyones vibe

...like Lars Von Trier but the Danish director and pioneer of the controversial ‘Dogme’ School of film making is definitely not everybody’s cup of tea, but does make for some interesting and quirky movie making, The Idiots being one. The more of these guys in the business the better if you ask me. Yes he’s made some pretentious piles of avant-guard poo poo in his time, none more so than Dogville, a ghastly minimalist piece of nonsense that some serious ...
...I guarantee you will love The Boss of it All, exactly what Northern European movie making is all about. The quirkiness of his style is why you rent LVT, this one bang on the button and encapsulating his genius. In the extras he claims his movie is shot with camera technique called ‘Automavision’, an innovation in which the camera angles and movements are selected by a computer, the director proclaiming it’s “a principle for shooting film developed ...

thedevilinme 29.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Boss Of It All (DVD)

Even best friends can't share the same wedding day.

Advantages: Lots of funny moments, gorgeous dresses, flowers, etc to look at!
Disadvantages: None (in my opinion!)

...Ritz and seeing a beautiful bride coming out of the hotel with her husband on her arm. They make a pact there and then that their wedding will be in June at the very same venue. Liv played by Kate Hudson is a tough Associate lawyer and one of the prestigious law firms in Manhattan. She is known for getting her own way and taking no prisoners along the way.Kate Hudson plays a fantastic part, and will clearly not back down when tough choices need ...
...and is much more likeable as her character is eager to please, and also easily taken advantage of. As the film progresses, the two characters start to change, as the blessed day turns them into evil, desperate women determined to have their perfect day at absolutely any costs. The film is an interesting take on weddings, and most women who have been married will be able to see what the characters are going through. The perfect weddings mean that ...

carlz2001 14.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Bride Wars

One of the best stand ups around!!

Advantages: full of laughs
Disadvantages: non availble!

Russell Howard is unknown to most people. Those people didnt realise Mock The Week was a comedy show with some great comedians. The DVD is fantastic. The jokes are original and about his life and is a non stop belly tickler. Since i first saw him on mock the week i have tried to see all his performances! I went to go see him live for the first time on friday just gone in manchester and it was brilliant. This DVD is a fantasic purchase and would ...

i.r.holmes 14.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Russell Howard - Live (DVD)