Rule No. 1 (2003)
"Regel nr. 1" (original title)

When Caroline finds her boyfriend having sex with another woman she is invited to stay at her sister Sarahs place. Now that she is suddenly back on the dating market she takes advice on men... See full summary »

Director:

Oliver Ussing

Writers:

Morten Dragsted, Oliver Ussing

Stars:

Susanne Juhász, Mira Wanting, Thomas Levin

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Susanne Juhász	...	Caroline Åkerwald
Mira Wanting	...	Sarah Åkerwald
Thomas Levin	...	Sebastian Pontopidan
Anders Valentinus Dam	...	Michael
Nicolas Bro	...	Palle
Claes Bang	...	John T
Karen-Lise Mynster	...	Helle Åkerwald
Ali Kazim	...	Patrick
Kamilla Gregersen	...	Sofie (as Kamilla Bech Holten)
Peter Aalbæk Jensen	...	Udlejer
Sara Bro	...	Linda de Vries
Paw Henriksen	...	Frederik
Kim Sønderholm	...	Sgt. Dalsgaard (as Kim Sønderholm Andersen)
Lærke Winther Andersen	...	Johanne
Carsten Bang	...	Politimand

Storyline

When Caroline finds her boyfriend having sex with another woman she is invited to stay at her sister Sarahs place. Now that she is suddenly back on the dating market she takes advice on men and fashion from her somewhat shallow sister. This leads to one dating disaster after the other. The one guy she meets on her own appears to be spoken for.

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Plot Keywords:

dating | keys | polaroid | blow job | motorcycle with a sidecar | 

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Taglines:

Lidt single er man vel altid... (You're always a little single...)

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [dk] Zeitgeist

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

31 October 2003 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Rule No. 1

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zentropa Entertainments, Zeitgeist

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to co-author and director Oliver Ussing the manuscript working title was "Søstrene Åkerwald" (The Åkerwald sisters).

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Soundtracks

"Take it as it comes"
Performed by Grand Avenue

User Reviews

Rule number one: Don't waste Your time and money

Something has really happened in Danish movies the last 5-10 years. We've got some very capable actors/actresses, and the movie quality is steadily increasing.

This movie is the exception - that kind of exception that destroys otherwise nice statistics.

This movie is not only boring, it's down right embarassing. It seems somehow that they've made a movie with a lower budget than Your average Internet-bill and this shows both in the instruction, the locations, the story and least but not at all last on the actors --

Agreed - Mira Wanting is in no way bad looking, but it takes a little more than that to make a good movie after all. Her performance is bad and at times almost unbearable. This kind of actors should stay in the "afternoon soap business".

Susanne Juhász is by far the worst. I can't imagine why they've cast her. Her lines are delivered like it was an un-rehearsed audition in a foreign language and her general performance is almost making You feel physically ill.

I'm terribly sorry for the instructor, because I think this film would've been at least bearable if he had only had a few quality actors and a bit more money to raise this project to a decent level. In my opinion it's too bad that debut-instructors face these hard terms.

I admit that I laughed a few times when I saw it. A nervous non-deliberating laugh, probably at the "wrong" times. I didn't make it to the end of the film - I couldn't take it - I left the theater about 1 hour into the movie, and I wasn't the only one.

The title - "Regel Nummer 1" means "rule number 1" --

My rule number one is: Don't waste Your time and money.

I give this film a clear 1 which has means awful, and that word couldn't fit any movie better.