When Animals Dream AKA Når dyrene drømmer

When Animals Dream AKA Når dyrene drømmer

AlphaVille Pictures Copenhagen

12 June 2014

Drama

DVD
D+

I tuned out before this turned into horror, when it was still just about a Danish teen whose life sucked.  Jonas Alexander Arnby directed and co-wrote.

Valhalla Rising

Valhalla Rising

Nimbus Film Productions

31 March 2010

Historical Drama, Action

DVD
F+

Extremely unwatchable, in "plot" and setting.  Nicolas Winding Refn directed and co-wrote, shortly after Bronson.

Strings (2004)

Strings (2004)

BOB Film Sweden AB

24 October 2004

Fantasy?, Historical Drama?

DVD

D-

Creepier marionettes than in Being John Malkovich, although there it was satirical.  Anders Rønnow Klarlund directed and co-wrote.

Song of the Sea

Song of the Sea

Cartoon Saloon etc.

6 September 2014

Animation, Fantasy

DVD
C-

I didn't really care for the look of the film.  Tomm Moore directed and co-wrote.

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Bavaria Film etc.

13 February 1997

Crime Drama

DVD
D+

Knocked down a notch or two for the unsympathetic protagonist, while the mystery itself is mildly intriguing.  This is based on the novel by Peter Hoeg and directed by Bille August, the year before his version of Les Mis.

Salvation (2014)

Salvation (2014)

Nordisk etc.

Western

22 May 2014

DVD
D-

Very manipulative but I appreciated that the family at least tried to fight back on the stagecoach.  Kristian Levring directed and co-wrote.

A Royal Affair AKA En kongelig affære

A Royal Affair AKA En kongelig affære

Nordisk Film

29 March 2012

Historical Drama

DVD
C-

I didn't really want to spend time with these people, but the sets and costumes were lovely of course.  Nikolaj Arcel directed and co-wrote, five years before The Dark Tower.

Riders of Justice AKA Retfærdighedens Ryttere

Riders of Justice AKA Retfærdighedens Ryttere

Nordisk Film

19 November 2020

Action

DVD

C-

Oddly enough, I thought this was a crime drama with touches of comedy, but apparently it's an action dramedy.  Anders Thomas Jensen wrote and directed.

Land of Mine AKA Under sandet

Land of Mine AKA Under sandet

Nordisk Film

10 September 2015

Historical Drama

DVD
D+

Impossibly young-looking German POWs have to defuse bombs along the Danish coast after WW II.  Martin Zandvliet wrote and directed.  And, yes, I think the English title is a pun.

Kapringen AKA A Hijacking

Kapringen AKA A Hijacking

Studio Unknown

September 20, 2012

Drama

DVD
D+

I thought the hijacking was going to be more metaphorical, with a business deal.  Either way, I wasn't that interested.  Tobias Lindholm wrote and directed.

In China They Eat Dogs

In China They Eat Dogs

TLA Releasing

10 September 1999

Action, Comedy

DVD
D+

I didn't find this funny and I don't think that it was just that things got lost in the translation.  Lasse Spang Olsen directed.

The Guilty AKA Den skyldige

The Guilty AKA Den skyldige

Nordisk Film

14 June 2018

Crime Drama

DVD
C-

The world's least compassionate emergency services dispatcher, directed and co-written by Gustav Möller.

Brothers AKA Brødre

Brothers AKA Brødre
Nordisk
27 August 2004
Drama
DVD
C-

The acting seemed pretty good but I didn't care about either the brother who's a soldier or the brother who is (I think) a rapist.  Susanne Bier directed and co-wrote, as she did for After the Wedding.

Babette's Feast

Babette's Feast

Nordisk Film

28 August 1987

Historical Drama

DVD
C

The Babette of the title is the surprisingly French servant of two old-maid sisters in 19th-century Denmark, but we have to flash back to the sisters' youth, when they were beautiful and courted, to explain Babette's presence, except I didn't care enough to continue.  I will say the look of the film, especially the sets, is great.

Gabriel Axel directed and wrote the screenplay, based on the Karen Blixen (AKA Isak Dinesen) short story.

Albert: Up, Up and Away

Albert: Up, Up and Away
Studio Unknown
26 February 2015
Children's
DVD
D

A kid grows at a freakishly fast rate, which is good because he destroys a statue as a baby and has to make amends when "he grows up."  So when he looks like he's about eight, he wants to hang out with his best friend, playing pirates and pretending to kidnap girls, but then the town pressures him to become a balloonist, as a '50s-like teen hood bullies him by shutting him in a chicken coop.  Yeah, I think something got lost in the translation.

Karsten Kiilerich wrote and directed, and I think this is based on a book.

After the Wedding (2006)

After the Wedding (2006)
IFC Films
24 February 2006
Drama
DVD
C

Susanne Bier directed and co-wrote the screenplay about a Danish man who reluctantly agrees to go home to get funding for the orphanage he works at in India.  Apparently this was remade this year.