Just last month, I was commenting in my review for The Big Wedding on how the whole “two families with problems that get together for some important event” storyline has been done to death. Well, it didn’t take long to be faced with the same plot foundation yet again as Susanne Bier’s Love is All You Need uses a very similar method. That’s not saying it’s nearly as big a disaster as The Big Wedding was (that was a very special case of pretty much nothing working for the film), but it does still open the story up to the endless clichés that befall such a tale.
Love is All You Need is a simple story of two families coming together for the wedding of Patrick (Sebastian Jessen) and Astrid (Molly Blixt Egelind) in Italy. Astrid’s mother, Ida (Trine Dyrholm), is going through a bit...
Love is All You Need is a simple story of two families coming together for the wedding of Patrick (Sebastian Jessen) and Astrid (Molly Blixt Egelind) in Italy. Astrid’s mother, Ida (Trine Dyrholm), is going through a bit...
- 9/10/2013
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Probably the first thing you need to know about Love is All You Need is that it doesn’t include any Beatles songs on its soundtrack. It’s original title is Den skaldede frisør, which seems to roughly translate to “The Bald Hairdresser,” and Love is All You Need is the arbitrary title it got stuck with in English-speaking markets. It is the kind of movie that unashamedly includes multiple uses of the song ‘That’s Amore’ though, so you can probably guess what sort of demographic it’s aiming to hit. Love is All You Need, in addition to being the new film from co-writer/director Susanne Bier (In a Better World, Things We Lost in the Fire), is a relationship drama about a guy (Sebastien Jessen) and a girl (Molly Blixt Egelind) getting married at a rustic house situated in a lemon grove on the coast of Italy. It...
- 5/16/2013
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Chicago – Creating the lofty name for this film, “Love is All You Need” – from a translation of its original title, “Den skaldede friser” – is intently ambitious considering its source is a lyric from one of The Beatles most famous songs. The film has its moments, but cannot sustain itself in a stew of high drama and mixed emotions.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Pierce Brosnan lends his star power to a Danish, Swedish, Italian, French and German produced film, and actually is one of the main characters to get caught in the web of the conflicting emotions in the plot. He is supposed to be a man in mourning for a long passed first wife, but his sophistication as a wealthy business man and still-good-looking James Bond air makes this character trait extremely unlikely. However, he meets a woman who is struggling with her own problems, and it turns out they are both going...
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Pierce Brosnan lends his star power to a Danish, Swedish, Italian, French and German produced film, and actually is one of the main characters to get caught in the web of the conflicting emotions in the plot. He is supposed to be a man in mourning for a long passed first wife, but his sophistication as a wealthy business man and still-good-looking James Bond air makes this character trait extremely unlikely. However, he meets a woman who is struggling with her own problems, and it turns out they are both going...
- 5/10/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The message behind most romantic comedies is the simple-minded sentiment that love is all you need. So when Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier takes that title for a departure from somber drama to romance, you might expect her to deliver it with some serious irony.
Yet in Bier's "Love Is All You Need," it turns out that love really is all you need. And like any old rom-com, it's the just-add-water, instant mush variety of love that springs up between the unlikeliest of partners because, hey, you're in the theater to see a love story.
This is several steps above the usual Hollywood romance, with nice low-key passion between Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm as prospective in-laws who connect during chaotic preparations for their children's wedding. Bier and regular screenwriting partner Anders Thomas Jensen dress things up with gorgeous postcard images of Sorrento, Italy, lovely music, elegant production design and deeper...
Yet in Bier's "Love Is All You Need," it turns out that love really is all you need. And like any old rom-com, it's the just-add-water, instant mush variety of love that springs up between the unlikeliest of partners because, hey, you're in the theater to see a love story.
This is several steps above the usual Hollywood romance, with nice low-key passion between Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm as prospective in-laws who connect during chaotic preparations for their children's wedding. Bier and regular screenwriting partner Anders Thomas Jensen dress things up with gorgeous postcard images of Sorrento, Italy, lovely music, elegant production design and deeper...
- 5/1/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Before the Wedding: Bier’s Latest a Vibrant Vehicle for Dyrholm
Susanne Bier returns with an uncharacteristically light film, Love Is All You Need, after her 2011 Best Foreign Language Film win for In a Better World. The result is, without a doubt, a mainstream effort that has all the predictable benchmarks of the well worn romantic comedy. But Bier, along with her regular screenwriting collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen, proves the possibility of just how enjoyable and genuine the genre can be, generously giving us a host of well written, likeable characters, that are (for the most part) realistically rendered. Perhaps Nancy Meyers can take note.
Ida (Trine Dyrholm) has only recently completed her successful chemotherapy treatment of her breast cancer. Her immediate plans are to start having fun with her husband of twenty three years, Leif (Kim Bodnia), starting with traveling to Italy to attend daughter Astrid’s (Molly Blixt Egelind...
Susanne Bier returns with an uncharacteristically light film, Love Is All You Need, after her 2011 Best Foreign Language Film win for In a Better World. The result is, without a doubt, a mainstream effort that has all the predictable benchmarks of the well worn romantic comedy. But Bier, along with her regular screenwriting collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen, proves the possibility of just how enjoyable and genuine the genre can be, generously giving us a host of well written, likeable characters, that are (for the most part) realistically rendered. Perhaps Nancy Meyers can take note.
Ida (Trine Dyrholm) has only recently completed her successful chemotherapy treatment of her breast cancer. Her immediate plans are to start having fun with her husband of twenty three years, Leif (Kim Bodnia), starting with traveling to Italy to attend daughter Astrid’s (Molly Blixt Egelind...
- 4/30/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The temptation is impossible to resist, at first: Love Is All You Need! It’s like Mamma Mia! without the singing, and with breast cancer. Ida (Trine Dyrholm [A Royal Affair], who is exquisite in all ways) finds herself traveling alone from Copenhagen to Italy for the wedding of her daughter, Astrid (Molly Blixt Egelind), after she walks in on her husband, Leif (Kim Bodnia), boinking ditzy Barbie doll Thilde (Christiane Schaumburg-Müller); “I thought you were at chemo” is Leif’s pathetic excuse. Goofiness piles up from there: Ida literally runs into Philip (Pierce Brosnan: Remember Me), father of Astrid’s fiancé, at the airport... with her car; Leif decides to show up for the wedding with Thilde at his side (she insists she’s Leif’s fiancée); Philip’s horrid sister-in-law Benedikte (Paprika Steen: Forty Shades of Blue) takes over the wedding proceedings in excruciating -- though recognizably hilarious -- drama-queen style...
- 4/26/2013
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
What’s up with those crazy Danish filmmakers and their compulsion to pile it on? The latest from Oscar-winning filmmaker Susanne Bier (“In A Better World”) is like watching a long game of Jenga. As every sub plot, reveal and character… err, caricature that is, gets stacked on top of each other, the more inevitable it is that the whole thing will come tumbling down. And while “Love is All You Need” is by no means a disaster, it simply can’t support all that weight. The foundation is built upon a familiar romantic comedy fixture: a wedding. Early in the film, we see soon-to-be newlyweds Astrid (Molly Blixt Egelind) and Patrick (Sebastian Jessen) roaming around a beautifully rustic Italian villa that is to be the setting for their special day. And before this plot rundown goes any further, it has to be noted that the film’s location is its highlight.
- 4/25/2013
- by Erik McClanahan
- The Playlist
Susanne Bier’s previous feature, the Academy Award-winning In A Better World, was a largely serious affair that grappled with lofty themes of injustice, violence and retribution, so it’s not at all surprising that she would want to follow it up with something a little more light-hearted. In Love Is All You Need she’s delivered something fun, if not entirely frothy and frivolous, despite the film’s obvious romantic comedy trappings.
The set-up sounds grim, but it’s fair to say that it doesn’t play out quite are depressingly as it sounds. Danish hairdresser Ida (Trine Dyrholm) is recuperating from a bout of chemotherapy and a mastectomy to treat her breast cancer, and arrives home from hospital one day to find her husband boinking a ditzy young woman from his accounts department. Devastated, she heads off alone to her daughter’s wedding in Italy, and when her...
The set-up sounds grim, but it’s fair to say that it doesn’t play out quite are depressingly as it sounds. Danish hairdresser Ida (Trine Dyrholm) is recuperating from a bout of chemotherapy and a mastectomy to treat her breast cancer, and arrives home from hospital one day to find her husband boinking a ditzy young woman from his accounts department. Devastated, she heads off alone to her daughter’s wedding in Italy, and when her...
- 4/19/2013
- by Joe Cunningham
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Review Caroline Preece 19 Apr 2013 - 06:26
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Danish director Susanne Bier's Love Is All You Need is a charming romantic comedy, Caroline writes...
The posters and synopsis for Susanne Bier’s new Danish/English-language romantic comedy, with Pierce Brosnan grinning back at you, may recall another sunny feel-good adventure with the former Bond star but, by the end of this sweet and endearing film, you’ll finally be able to disassociate the actor from his most infamous role. There’s no chance of Brosnan breaking into song here, and he’s out to remind everyone what a watchable leading man he still is.
It’s really quite lazy to liken this film to Mamma Mia, or the other one going around, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, since there’s a lot more going on here than its simple premise suggests. Trine Dyrholm stars as recovering cancer sufferer Ida who,...
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Danish director Susanne Bier's Love Is All You Need is a charming romantic comedy, Caroline writes...
The posters and synopsis for Susanne Bier’s new Danish/English-language romantic comedy, with Pierce Brosnan grinning back at you, may recall another sunny feel-good adventure with the former Bond star but, by the end of this sweet and endearing film, you’ll finally be able to disassociate the actor from his most infamous role. There’s no chance of Brosnan breaking into song here, and he’s out to remind everyone what a watchable leading man he still is.
It’s really quite lazy to liken this film to Mamma Mia, or the other one going around, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, since there’s a lot more going on here than its simple premise suggests. Trine Dyrholm stars as recovering cancer sufferer Ida who,...
- 4/18/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Director: Susanne Bier; Screenwriter: Anders Thomas Jensen; Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Paprika Steen, Molly Blixt Egelind, Sebastian Jessen; Running time: 116 mins; Certificate: 15
Pierce Brosnan falls in love under the Mediterranean sun, but thankfully, he doesn't have the urge to burst into song in this winsome romantic comedy. He stars as Philip, a wealthy businessman, long-time widower and casual cynic who travels to Italy for his son's wedding where he's surprised to find that he gets on rather well with future in-law, Ida, played by Danish actress Trine Dyrholm.
Dyrholm anchors the story with a disarming blend of kookiness and middle-aged ennui, doubled by the burden of cancer treatment and the discovery that husband Leif (Kim Bodnia) is having an affair. For Danish director Susanne Bier (Open Hearts, Brothers), this would usually be the cue for much angst and melodrama, but in this case, Ida sets the tone with sweet nonchalance.
Pierce Brosnan falls in love under the Mediterranean sun, but thankfully, he doesn't have the urge to burst into song in this winsome romantic comedy. He stars as Philip, a wealthy businessman, long-time widower and casual cynic who travels to Italy for his son's wedding where he's surprised to find that he gets on rather well with future in-law, Ida, played by Danish actress Trine Dyrholm.
Dyrholm anchors the story with a disarming blend of kookiness and middle-aged ennui, doubled by the burden of cancer treatment and the discovery that husband Leif (Kim Bodnia) is having an affair. For Danish director Susanne Bier (Open Hearts, Brothers), this would usually be the cue for much angst and melodrama, but in this case, Ida sets the tone with sweet nonchalance.
- 4/15/2013
- Digital Spy
Title: Love Is All You Need (Den skaldede frisør) Sony Pictures Classics Director: Susanne Bier Screenwriter: Anders Thomas Jensen from Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen’s story Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Blixt Egelind, Sebastian Jessen, Paprika Steen, Kim Bodnia, Christiane Schaumburg-Müller, Micky Skeel Hansen, Ciro Petrone, Frederikke Thomassen Screened at: Sony, NYC, 4/9/13 Opens: May 3, 2013 If you can get over the repetitions of Harry Warren and Jack Brooks’s 1952 song “That’s Amore,” which is neither Italian nor Danish, you may find a few things to like about Susanne Bier’s “Love is All You Need,” which takes place in Copenhagen and Sorrento. Though filled with other clichés [ Read More ]
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- 4/10/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Following her Oscar-winning feature, In A Better World, Susanne Bier returned behind the camera last year for Love Is All You Need, a romantic comedy that debuted out in Venice last September.
The film is now set to get its theatrical release in the UK and Us this spring, and Glamour have released the new UK quad poster to give us a new look at the film.
“Surrounded by lemon groves, cypress trees and the romance of Italy, two very different families are brought together for the wedding of Astrid and Patrick in a beautiful old villa. When the young couple’s future happiness is suddenly jeopardized, the mother-of-the-bride, Ida and the father-of-the-groom Philip are brought together to try to set things right.
Love Is All You Need is an enchanting and delightful story about happiness and discovering that it’s never too late to have a second chance at love.
The film is now set to get its theatrical release in the UK and Us this spring, and Glamour have released the new UK quad poster to give us a new look at the film.
“Surrounded by lemon groves, cypress trees and the romance of Italy, two very different families are brought together for the wedding of Astrid and Patrick in a beautiful old villa. When the young couple’s future happiness is suddenly jeopardized, the mother-of-the-bride, Ida and the father-of-the-groom Philip are brought together to try to set things right.
Love Is All You Need is an enchanting and delightful story about happiness and discovering that it’s never too late to have a second chance at love.
- 2/13/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
What’s up with those crazy Danish filmmakers and their compulsion to pile it on? The latest from Oscar-winning filmmaker Susanne Bier (“In A Better World”) is like watching a long game of Jenga. As every sub plot, reveal and character… err, caricature that is, gets stacked on top of each other, the more inevitable it is that the whole thing will come tumbling down. And while “Love is All You Need” is by no means a disaster, it simply can’t support all that weight. The foundation is built upon a familiar romantic comedy fixture: a wedding. Early in the film, we see soon-to-be newlyweds Astrid (Molly Blixt Egelind) and Patrick (Sebastian Jessen) roaming around a beautifully rustic Italian villa that is to be the setting for their special day. And before this plot rundown goes any further, it has to be noted that the film’s location is its highlight.
- 10/4/2012
- by Erik McClanahan
- The Playlist
Susanne Bier brought her last film, In a Better World, to Tiff back in 2010, which went on to win the year’s Best Foreign Language Feature at the Academy Awards. Her next film, Love Is All You Need, sees her reuniting with the star of her last, Trine Dyrholm, who will star opposite Pierce Brosnan in the romantic comedy.
Bier’s latest feature was announced as part of the new additions to the Tiff line-up yesterday, and now the first English-language poster for the film has debuted online, along with a handful of hi-res versions of images that have already surfaced.
“Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm and Paprika Steen star in this sparkling romantic comedy from Academy Award® winner Susanne Bier (Brothers, In a Better World), about two very different families brought together for a wedding in a beautiful old Italian villa.”
Bier is also reuniting with past collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen,...
Bier’s latest feature was announced as part of the new additions to the Tiff line-up yesterday, and now the first English-language poster for the film has debuted online, along with a handful of hi-res versions of images that have already surfaced.
“Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm and Paprika Steen star in this sparkling romantic comedy from Academy Award® winner Susanne Bier (Brothers, In a Better World), about two very different families brought together for a wedding in a beautiful old Italian villa.”
Bier is also reuniting with past collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen,...
- 8/15/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Following the Toronto International Film Festival line-up earlier this week, the 69th Venice Film Festival has weighed in with their choices this morning. Outside of films also premiering at Tiff — including most notably Ramin Bahrani‘s At Any Price and Terrence Malick‘s To the Wonder – they have a strong batch of films not at that fest. We have the highly anticipated next feature from Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, Carlos), titled Something In The Air, as well as Brian De Palma‘s sensual thriller Passion with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace.
Then things get a little silly with Harmony Korine‘s James Franco and Selena Gomez gangster/party film Spring Breakers. Rounding out the other major titles are Susanne Bier following up her Oscar win with Love Is All You Need and Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25. The lack of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s heavily rumored The Master...
Then things get a little silly with Harmony Korine‘s James Franco and Selena Gomez gangster/party film Spring Breakers. Rounding out the other major titles are Susanne Bier following up her Oscar win with Love Is All You Need and Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25. The lack of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s heavily rumored The Master...
- 7/26/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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