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An original, fabulous genre hybrid
Quite exceptional Danish genre hybrid from director Anders Thomas Jensen. It has a maturity and confidence about it that is rare and surreal comedic aspects that reminded me of the wonderful ANTONIA'S LINE.
Four emotionally unstable criminals, led by Torkild, commit a robbery to repay a large debt to The Eskimo, a violent, murderous thug. Instead of delivering the loot, the men flee to the countryside where they begin a new life.
A threadbare synopsis does no justice to this wonderfully rich and magical film which expertly blends brutal violence, the blackest of humour and Roald Dahl-style childhood flashbacks to tell a fascinating, highly original story.
The characterizations are brilliant and the producers deserve a medal for having the courage to attempt a piece so violent (at times) and so utterly human.
Although all performances are wonderful, a special mention must go to Ole Thestrup who plays local game hunter Alfred. His reaction to an offer of firearms in exchange for the life of his cow is priceless.
An absolute winner and a perceptive reflection on happiness, love, friendship and identity.
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One of the best films I've seen
I purchased this film on DVD, with little knowledge of what it was about, because of a liking for the actors Søren Pilmark and Mads Mikkelsen. I'd seen Pilmark in "Riget" and Mikkelsen in "King Arthur", so I thought this would be worth buying.
The only complaint I have about the North American DVD version is that the subtitles are not always very good. I appreciate that the translator was likely trying to make some references so the non-Danish audience could understand it, but please do not reference Six Flags, Disneyland or "too many Canucks" when neither are mentioned. (Unfortunately I don't know enough Danish to figure out what they're really saying, but I certainly didn't hear Disneyland, Six Flags, or Canucks in that!) I found the story engaging, and not at all slow. It seemed to start off as a gangster film, and while I like some gangster films, I was glad that this one took a different twist.
I am impressed with the director/writer, and all the actors. This film was excellent, and I'd highly recommend it to all!
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original, philosophical and funny
"Blinkende Lygter" ('blinking lights') is extremely original in its odyssey through several genres; starting off as a gangster movie, passing close by a road movie (until the car breaks down), and then completely shifting pace and content in a very surprising and humorous way. Although criticized for its violent scenes, BL is actually a highly philosophical study of the various faces of violence, from the off-hand unnecessary (although not gratuitous) violence, to acts of violence accepted by society. First of all, the dialogue is so funny that the movie has to be seen at least twice if one is to catch the very serious message that lies beyond. One of the best Danish films ever. Anders Thomas Jensen is definitely a filmmaker to look out for.
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Entertaining and brilliant.
ks4 12 April 2004
This movie is one of those that will always be remembered in danish film history, it's a unique product written by the single most talented manuscript writer in Denmark, he simply appears to be writing by far the larger part of the succesfull movies the later years, and this is no difference, he even instructed it also, and it is both, original, funny, thoughtfull and just generally entertaining.
Thorkild, Arne, Peter and and Stefan are 4 smalltime criminals that has known each other their entire adult life, they all have a troubled past behind them, but as Thorkild turns 40 they are into serious problems with the local gangster, they are forced to do a larger job for this gangster to pay debts, and finds a suitcase containing 4million danish Kr. After some discussion they decide to run off to Barcelona with the money, but underway their car breaks down and they get stuck in a house, which was a former resteraunt, here their reconstruction begins.
Flickering Lights, or Blinkende Lygter as i know it as, is simply a great and unique movie, it is however part of the revolutional movies that are coming from everywhere these days in Denmark, mainly written by Anders Thomas Jensen, this is similar to movies like "I Kina Spiser De Hunde", the language in the movie roughly takes advantage of the small slang words and funny things we use, it's very realistic rather than the normalized boring movie language that sometime appears, it's a fresh breath. The movie itself is very unique and has some moments that will never be forgotten, some very funny moments, and i'm sure everyone that has seen the movie will never forget the scene where Thorkilds is blowing eggs.
The directing of this movie is rather strong, although rather anonymous, there aren't many scenes where it really shines through, but it works pretty well all the way through, although there is some alternative camera work with the flashback scene, but the strength of the movie doesn't lie in the directing, on another note it doesn't bring it down either.
The acting in this movie is simply, just amazingly brilliant, especially Mads Mikkelsen shines through as the numb shooting freak, Arne, that is one amazing performance never to be forgotten, and he also makes for some memorable scenes, for example when he shoots a cow, Denmark will never forget that scene. But also the other 3 main roles are fantastic, the acting is very proffesional and it feels like the actors very easily connects with their character, which makes for a very belivable film and avoids awkward moments due to awkward acting, simply, just great.
However as usual i can put when Anders Thomas Jensen have written the movie i can put a finger down and say, this is the movies strength, becuase his manuscripts are just so damn good, and i love his excellent raw use of the danish language, that is what he does so damn great, and he's been doing it great a lot of times now.
This movie has its smaller flaws that keeps it from being a superb masterpiece, but it's still a fantastic piece of movie and now i wonder why i didn't give it a higher vote, however i think the movie somewhere has small flaws that keeps it down a little, but strange enough i don't really know which, maybe i need to watch it again, however i give my vote with an arrow up.
8/10
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So Funny!
From the first few minutes, up until the end of the film, I was laughing... hard. The characters are definitely amusing (though a bit off), and all of the hang-ups they face along the way just add to the humour. Yes, there are parts of the film which can be quite sad, especially if one can relate in any way to them, but by and large, this is a very funny film that is definitely worth the DVD rental. The violence is comical, the struggles are comical, even the arguments are comical. They really did a good job with the casting and the writer did an excellent job with the script. I am usually not a fan of Danish films (even though I live in Denmark), but this film is the exception. It's a definite must see, no matter where in the world one happens to live.
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Alternative draft of "I Kina Spiser De Hunde"
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I enjoyed this movie, like I enjoyed everything I've seen by Anders Thomas Jensen. The comments here suggest that Danes are somewhat deprecatory about the general quality of Danish films, but most of the Danish films with international distribution in recent years have been truly outstanding. Maybe it's because we who live outside Denmark don't get to see the awful Danish films. However I have also seen much of the recent cinematic output of Sweden and Germany, and even the internationally released stuff is mostly crap.
In any case, "Flickering Lights" is another outstanding Jensen film, but very derivative of the previous year's "I Kina Spiser De Hunde". Again you have the post-Tarantino world of four ultraviolent but quirky and amusing gangsters. As in "I Kina", again you have the sentimental gangsters trying to turn a new leaf and do good deeds. Again they are thwarted by their psychosis, incompetence, and by the fact that they have double-crossed another bunch of even more vicious gangsters. Again the gangsters work as cooks. Again their sentimentality causes them to dissipate their earnings from a robbery. Again the film closes with a bloody shootout in a bar. Again there is a quasi-sentimental ending undermined by hilariously vicious irony.
Despite the similarities of scenario, there is no repetition of dialogue from the earlier film. Jensen is again very funny and original with his dialogue and details. This film, though, seems more parochial in its references, and there seems more that non-Danes would have trouble understanding. Still, it's well worth checking this one out. It's head and shoulders above the other rubbish out there.
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Sublime movie
I saw 'Blinkende Lygter' after watching first 'Adam's Apple's' and then 'The Green Butchers', so effectively in reverse order! The thing that captivates me so much about Jensen's writer/directorial outings is the wonderfully individual black humour he brings to the screen. It took me three movies to realise that he reminds me a great deal of Beat Takeshi, in fact this movie - "Flickering Lights" - reminded me a lot of "Sonatine", my favourite of all Beat's movies. The theme was very similar; a criminal gang run away to live in seclusion in the countryside and come to a better understanding of who they are and what they really want. There's a gentle, subtle affection that bonds the four men together - despite their violent occupation and chaotic lives - and the sense that they all share a common need for family, stability and purpose they together they realise they can provide for each other.
More than anything I thought this was a wonderful film about male friendships and how important it is for men to support each other in their endeavours. And, although Torvild initially goes off selfish and half-cocked in his plans, as the dad of the group he ultimately gets everyone what they need and keeps his family together. Heartwarming and hilarious. One I will re-watch many times.
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Subtitles
I love this film, but I agree that the American subtitles are dreadful. I can understand a bit of Danish and I was watching it with a Danish speaker, so that helped, but actually the timing of the subtitles ruined half the jokes entirely. And if you're not American or Danish then the cultural references in the subtitles are completely baffling.
For reference: -"Disney Land" is used to translate "Tivoli", a very old and beautiful theme park in central Copenhagen. -"Six flags" is used to translate "Bakken", another old, but more down market theme park just outside Copenhagen. -"Canucks" is apparently a derogatory term for Canadians. It is used here to translate "Svenskere" (Swedes). -"Newport", apparently a port town in Rhode Island, is used to translate "Fredericia", another port town, but in eastern Jylland (Jutland).
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Eccentric and overtly funny - Denmark's answer to" Lock Stock and Two Smoking barrels" with a different Taste
"Flickering Lights" directed by Anders Thomas Jensen who is great talent worldwide. He is brilliant director (Adam's Apples, the Green Butchers) and a great story and screenplay writer (In a Better World, After the Wedding, The Duchess, Brothers).
"Flickering Lights" is an allegory of slapstick humor; every content of a great movie with fantastic characters, witty dialogs and situational comedy.
Four people, four attitudes, different levels of insanity and bang on. These Four friends having 4,000,000 kroner which they owe to the mobster chief; plan to evaporate to Barcelona; engulfed in the woods in a derelict house nevertheless.
Every scene will make you grin with its black humor and sometimes you will laugh your ass off.
Madds Mikkeleson is amazing as a Lunatic, Ulrich Thomson is brilliant, Nikolaj Lie Kaas is fantastic with munching something in almost every scene and Søren Pilmark is superb as an angry 40 year old man.
Supporting cast has given an astounding performance.
8.5/10 Recommended for the people who love the black humor.
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Much better the second time.
As I saw this movie, in cinema, I though it was funny, but in no way a match for "I Kina Spiser De Hunde" (1999). However, after re-watching in now, on DVD, I can say that I think much higher of it. Plenty of cool one-liners. An absurd, but still nice story-line. In fact, it was the absurdness that was the real humor of the flick. Immoral and violent? Definately, but that also makes it allot funnier. I had to give it 9/10, because it is definately worth several re-watchings. Fun for most of the family.
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Hollywood - Go Home!!!
This is one of the funniest movies I have seen for a long time - and yet with a depth you would not expect from a movie like this. This bunch of criminal outcast with personal problems and skeletons in their childhood cupboards manage to form a true friendship and community far from the environment they are used to.
The movie is stacked with strong action and actors: Pilmark is over the top as raw, but yet soft gangleader, Mikkelsen as psycho-gunman, Thomsen as TV-drama-loving drug-addict and Lie-Kaas as the eternal snack-eating soft guy. Even the supporting cast does a good job - just to mention Thestrup as the weapon-crazy farmer and Helmuth as movie history's greatest alcoholic doctor - and do not forget Graaboel as Lie-Kaas annoying and "normal" girlfriend.
Funniest scene: shooting cows in the forest - my God, I was rolling on the floor of laughter.
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A lot of intranslatable humour
A lot of the humour in this extremely funny movie cannot be translated into English. One example: At one point Stefan is caught crying while reading a poem from the book that lends it title to the entire film. This causes some scepticism among his friends, who asks him exactly what he is reading. He then says that the book is written by one "Ove Ditlevsen". To a danish audience it is obvious, that the book actually is by the famous danish (female) author "Tove Ditlevsen", but none of our heroes seems to know her. The sensitive Stefan is backed up by Thorkil who insists that "Actually Ove Ditlevsen is one of this country's finest authors".
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Fine Comedy
Personally, what I do is try to watch a movie without having heard any details on the storyline before - so, I am not going to spoil anything here.
'Flickering Lights' is a well-made comedy about a couple of gangsters & despite of its partly violent scenes, it also shows human weakness and pain. Furthermore the movie tells the viewer how the four guys met and why their childhood experience made it impossible for them to lead a normal adolescence.
Compared to 'i kina spiser de hunde' (In China They Eat Dogs) which was also written by Anders Thomas Jensen, I think that 'Flickering Lights' deals with the personal tragedies in a better way and reaches to touch the viewer while 'i kina..' did not really moved me.
If you liked Las Van Trier's 'Idiots' and Vinterberg's 'Festen' (Celebration) you will recognize a couple of actors (Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Thomas Bo Jarsen, Ulrich Thomsen) - and although 'Flickering Lights' is not a DOGMA movie, a certain atmosphere made me remember the typical Swedish/Danish movie aura.
Great film - give it a try when you are in the mood for something different than the stereotypical Hollywood movie.
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A witty, funny and sporadically warm crime film
If international viewers know something about Danish films, they are usually made by Lars Von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg or Ole Bornedal - or have U.S. remakes connected to them. Anders Thomas Jensen is known in Scandinavia, above all; well, he is also an Academy Award winner and multiple nominee, but within a category of short films never obtaining wider audience. The film in question - Flickering Lights - is a pleasant comedy thriller about 4 childhood friends / petty criminals who use the stolen millions for totally unplanned thing. Dialogues are witty (making you often giggle) and all the main actors (Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas) are pleasant to follow; they are famous character actors who have also been used in Dogma-films and by Hollywood. The scenes run smoothly, flashbacks and reasoning provide additional value to the film, the ending is versatile and peculiar.
Highly recommended, but first and foremost to male audience - as women characters spend limited time on screen and they have supporting role. The film was extremely popular in Denmark, but it is also worth larger distribution in Northern-Europe, Canada and other like-minded countries.
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You can still change your life, even after you've turned 40
Each of the four protagonists are in the beginning of the movie in a state of unhappiness. As Torkild, the leader of the band of four of petty criminals, turns 40, he realizes that he is unhappy with his life and decides to change it after a job well done offers him the chance of a lifetime. His friends are at this point not aware of their unhappiness and thus unknowingly and unwillingly go along with Torkild's plan. Torkild's original plan is, however, derailed and suddenly the four friends find themselves in place far from anything they've ever known. Slowly all of them come to realize that the life they were leading, was not making them happy.
In the course of the movie, the director takes the viewer back to the childhood of the main characters, which explains the position they are in as adults. This is done with the darkest of humour, great acting, extreme and wonderful characters, and most of all a great life confirming story that shows the impact of our childhood on our present life, the horrors of malfunctioning families and the value of true friendship.
Don't expect a realistic movie. It is more like a fable. It contains extreme characters that make people think of the movie as a stupid, mindless, violence-packed, worthless movie, but those who see beyond the extremities and give the movie a chance are in for a ride.
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Flickering Lights by Ove Ditlevsen
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Flickering Lights is Anders Thomas Jensen's feature film debut, and he is so lucky to have some of the best Danish actors of the time in the film. The film is part of the wave of films in the late 90s - early 00s, which surged across Denmark with its dark comic action. But where some films lingered to be just that, Flickering Lights is also a study of how traumatic childhoods affect people far into the future.
Although the above may sound a bit student-like, Anders Thomas Jensen manages to keep the film down to a level so that the underlying meaning of the film does not clash with its tone. Because it's funny - even though it sometimes drowns a little in its own humor.
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Great Classic Danish Crime Comedy
This movie has a number of similarities to "In China They Eat Dogs", which is another Danish crime comedy from the same era with several of the same actors. It's a story about the misadventures of a small gang of thugs who are involved with a heist and the ensuing fallout from it. One major difference with "In China They Eat dogs" is in this movie, the leader of the gang is not a seasoned and hard criminal - he genuinely wants to get out of crime and live a quiet life. So you definitely see a more compassionate portrayal of the characters, and also how they appreciate Danish values and culture. There is a lot of violence and roughhousing but there is a softer side here, it's not as brutal and there is more positivity. It's a great film all around and great acting by all, so highly recommended.
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gang of foolish
'Blinkende lygter' (the English title is 'Flickering Lights') is the first feature film by Danish filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen, who, by the time the movie was made in the year 2000, had already started a prolific screenwriting career. He continued in this direction, being the author of scripts for over 50 films so far, while as a director he has made only 5 films in 21 years. 'Flickering Lights' already demonstrates professionalism and originality. We find in this film bizarre characters, to whom we will discover the history and motives of the behavior, and the absurd but human comic situations that will be repeated and amplified in the following films. And we find Mads Mikkelsen, the formidable actor who is not missing from the credits of any of Anders Thomas Jensen's films.
We can tell from the opening scene that we are dealing with a gangsters movie, but not an ordinary one. Imagine a Marx brothers movie directed by Quentin Tarantino and sprinkled with Danish humor. The heroes are a gang of four criminals who can't help but toughly beat those who get in their way, excepting the cases when they shoot them or fight each other. Two of them seem to consider quitting their jobs (cherchez les femmes!) and returning to a normal life, but for that they need money, so another 'hit'. The third seems incorrigible in his passion for firearms, and the fourth has his problems, including a bullet in the stomach. When the gang gets in trouble with other gangsters worse than themselves and have to flee, the opportunity to change the course of their lives is offered by the the unexpected hiding in an abandoned restaurant in a forest. Will the four of them turn into peaceful restaurant owners? The movie is just starting here.
The combination of violent gangsters movies and absurd comedy with strange characters doing terrible things, but which the audience can't help but sympathize with, has been working well since this first film by the director. Anders Thomas Jensen will perfect it in the next films. His heroes always have surprises in store. Søren Pilmark plays the role of the gang leader, with Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas in the other three gang members roles. All are actors with whom Jensen will work in the films that will follow in his career as a director. By hazard of programming, I've seen four of his films in reverse chronological order. This debut film already has all the characteristics of its directorial style. The only obvious flaw in the film, in my opinion, can be found the script. The four stories about childhood traumas that are the motivations of the characters' actions seemed too similar and too didactic. But it is not enough to deprive us of the pleasure of watching.
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While far from perfect, it was an interesting little comedy
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In many ways, this film reminded me of the classic Hollywood film LARCENY INCORPORATED with Edward G. Robinson. In this 1940s film, a small gang of crooks buy a luggage store in order to tunnel from the basement into the nearby bank--the only trouble is that after a while they find that they enjoy the business and they start to make money so they decide to go straight! In BLINKENDE LYGTER, you also have a small gang that initially does something VERY stupid--they steal a suitcase for their boss, a very dangerous crook, but impulsively run away instead of delivering it when they discover it's full of cash. Their plans to run to Barcelona, though, fall through when their vehicle breaks down and they are stuck in the middle of no where. They take shelter in an old abandoned inn and when they are discovered by a neighbor, they panic and say they are there because they are re-opening the inn. Since they are hiding out but don't want to draw suspicion, they begin going through the motions of restoring the old home, but after a while this group's leader, Torkild, decides they should actually stay and try to run the inn after all! But considering none of them know how to cook AND they are all very screwed up people AND a mob boss has sworn to find them and kill them, it's definitely an uphill battle!
While the film was at times pretty funny, it wasn't exactly a comedy since there were some pretty brutal moments, there was a lot of pretty adult language and situations and the film took some awfully serious diversions--showing flashbacks intended to explain why the four crooks chose a life of crime. As for me, these all tended to blunt the comedic impact of the film and probably could have been a more successful film if it had avoided the serious moments--particularly the flashbacks. Still, it's unique enough and offers some bizarrely funny moments--such as the amazing way the four eventually deal with the man looking to kill them. A very good Danish film that is worth a look.
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Marx Brothers up to date
This is a black comedy from one of Denmark's prolific screenwriters and his first as Director. Jensen's writing accomplishments include several Dogme95 films, the Scottish comedy Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself by Lone Scherfig, and in 2006 helping create the characters for a second Scottish hit, Red Road.
The story starts with some small-time crooks receiving a lorryload of illegal cigarettes. They turn out to be the wrong sort. Menthol. Who smokes menthol? An air of almost Marx Brothers comedy turns briefly Tarantino-esqe as they beat the hell out of the lorry-driver with a nonchalance that allows comic dialogue to continue uninterrupted.
At a surprise birthday party, the gangleader almost shoots someone by mistake, and has to pass off an AK-47 birthday present as a toy to non-crim guests. But he's being hunted by the 'Eskimo' - the big boss to whom he owes money. As part of the pay-off he does a job that accidentally reveals a massive stash of loot. Instead of handing it over he goes on the run with his numbskull buddies. Clichéd or predictable devices, like a getaway car that breaks down, are balanced by a fast, witty and inventive script that constantly shifts between slapstick and violence. A wounded crook yells, "I need food! I need a bath! I need some coke!"
They hide out in a dilapidated restaurant in a wood, which they eventually re-decorate and make a disastrous attempt at running as a business, dogged by the violence of their natures, mishaps and external events. "Whose blood is it?" "Oh, just some customers."
Jokes are low-brow but delight audiences easily enough to give the film international appeal. "Can you f*ck like that when you're pregnant? Won't the kid get it right on the head?" The title refers to the glimpses of the dim past - often shown in flashbacks (to explain why the characters are so screwed up). Acting is first rate and there's some fine photography. Although there was a constant ripple of laughter in the audience at the screening I attended, this particular mix of realistic, rather gratuitous violence and comedy was not to my taste, but I hope that won't dissuade others from enjoying it.
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Entertaining
This Danish movie has received great reviews here in Sweden, so when I saw it at the video store I thought I should rent it. I was not disappointed, Blinkende lygter was a very entertaining film. We have seen most of it before, but the whole restaurant business was really funny and original. The best scenes in the film: the absurd childhood memories -- especially the one including an apple tree and a seriously disturbed father. One question, though: What's up with those round windows? There were so many round windows in the film that I actually started to notice them. Some hidden meaning? :-)
Overall, an entertaining film. (6/10)
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The food might be bad...
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...but the owners are a hoot.
I'll make this quick: This is one of them totally underrated flicks you either stumble upon or overlook them entirely.
It starts out as a small-time gangster flick. And develops into a comedy/drama that is actually very touching and most certainly does rind with almost all of us.
Imagine: You get the chance to get out of your stagnant daily grind. What would you do? This group of small-time criminals get that chance and they try to get even with their past. All main protagonists did have some serious bumps in their youth (and later on) that left them somewhat damaged. When they get a chance to turn their lives around they grab it and go for it. A much better message than the hollow "live your dream" mantra.
The only shortcoming of the movie are some of the more naive characters. The acting is decent, setting and story go okay. All in all a well done Scandinavian flick (Dansk made, to be precise). Go and give it a try.
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Totally Clean Movie - Goes Right In...
The movie strikes right in and there's a great storyline behind it, written by Anders Thomas Jensen. But the difference for this movie and his other hit: "I Kina Spiser De Hunde", it's that this movie has a great deal of respect, it's not as "crazy" as "i kina..." but still it comes with just the right things. It's also nice to see Ulrich Thomsen back in Danish movies, after being in james bond it's still good to know that the Danish movie can "call" him back home. All in all a GREAT movie who is a lot better The "i kina...", it could that the person who Directed "i kina.." is a Danish stuntman called Lasse Spang olsen, and "Blinkende Lygter" is Directed by it's Writer- Anders Thomas Larsen... WE LOVE THAT GUY.
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Characters rule! One of them is you!
One of those movies, that actually were not produced in Hollywood and live by that. Neither a stunning plot, nor fast moving action scenes. Fascinating in it's characters, peaceful but cruel, things just happen the way they do. The beauty of this movie lies in it's simplicity and the actors performances. A little weird, but that's what we love. Bound to become a classic... 10/10
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A tale of staring cows, struggling with politeness, and the oeuvre of Ove Ditlevsen
It's not easy being a small-time crook. Thorkild(Pilmark, just wants a place to call his own) feels the weight of turning 40 without being where he wants to be, and being left(on his birthday! Dude, that's harsh. ...At least she did get him a present) by Therese(Hjejle, deliciously direct and cutting in her honesty). He's trying to repay his debt, and thus has to to steal and deliver a case with 4 million in it. Once he actually has them in his hand, he finds he can't just return it. He might never see that kind of cash ever again. Honestly, the only reason he's trusted with it, is because otherwise, there'd be no movie. He and his three companions leave the heist, discussing whether to go to Barcelona. However, they definitely can't do so right away. Peter(Thomsen, while sadly underutilized, still leaves a distinct impression as a coke addict who, like the others, goes through a transformation) took a bullet. It's going to be 2 weeks before they can move him. For now they're stuck in... Jutland(*shudders*). Understandably, this leaves them all restless. At being told to tone down his language, and, so much worse, to get rid of his rather substantial collection of guns, Arne(Mikkelsen, absolutely on point) becomes enraged. Er, more so than he already was. And Stefan(Lie Kaas, literally perpetually eating) misses his girlfriend Hanne(Gråbøl, hilariously mismatched with, as she aptly puts it, this gang of psychos). Can they possibly make their situation work? And how long can they hide?
This does a great job at blending dark humour with a real heart. It explores how a lot of men don't have a good support network. Even if they have several close friends. It shows that displays of emotion, and even the mere lack of aggressive behaviour, is met with homophobia. We see that even individuals who don't appear to have empathy or the ability to remain calm, may just need to be understood. Accepted. On another note, this is absolutely hilarious. I just watched it for the first time I'm in 10 to 15 years, finding that I remembered almost every single joke, and yet laughed hard throughout. The performances and chemistry are a huge part of why. Everyone gets it exactly right. The spotlight is always on the men, making it all the more impressive how memorable the women are. Such an incredible contrast between how normal they are and how, beyond damaged and hardened, legitimately dangerous and unpredictable their partners and their buddies are. It's thoroughly impressive that through all this, the film managed to find the human side buried underneath.
There is a lot of deeply offensive comedy, relatively bloody and violent content, and strong language in this. I recommended to everyone who enjoys Danish movies. And if you're not sure if you do yet, then I urge you to find out by giving one of these a shot. 8/10
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