Based on a series of highly succesfull television ads this movie is the first of its kind. Half of the productions costs were financed by the company the ads were from in the first place. Basing a movie on a television ad can probably be a good idea but it isn't in this case. The script is so marked by the time frame they had to write it in because they had to get the film out before people had forgotten the ads. It's foreseeable and that makes the movie boring to watch together with the poor acting. To illustrate the foreseeability the main character Polle meets two women in the movie and since the first one is a slut and treats him bad off course he's going to end up with the other one. This movie is so bad that it should be on a list of illegal torture tools.
Reviews
3 Reviews
The Celebration
(1998)
Unaccurate translation.
27 January 1999
I'd like to start out with saying that "Festen" is a great film that is carried by the good acting and the phenomenal script and NOT by fancy details, this is minimalism when it is at its best!! The only thing I can put my finger on is the translation of the title. "Festen" in danish means "The Party" and not "The Celebration". The english title might mean two different things where as the danish title only describes the scenario. Thomas Bo Larsen which plays Mikael deserves some appraisel for his exceptional performance in the film. I'll finish off with recommending Vinterbergs debut movie "De storste helte" or translated into english "The biggest heroes".
Chasing Amy
(1997)
This movie has it all
27 January 1999
I think this movie has everything a good movie needs. It's funny, it's sad and it makes you think. Makes you think about your own sexuality and how everybody or almost everybody sees other people's sexual gender as a tabu! This movie is light, with all the cartoons and that, and it's heavy with the subject that it brings up.
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