Are you kidding!?
This film is brilliant and utterly hysterical...
Perhaps the English translation is not as witty or black as the Danish original? I was rolling on the floor with laughter when I saw this film over 6 months ago, & I've been searching for the DVD ever since. The 3D FX are not avant garde (similar to any Dreamworks animation), but the cartoon style is particularly unique & takes quite a while to adjust to. The however narrative is where the genius lies. Whilst most Hollywood animated features are fairly insipid & family friendly, this is most certainly an adult film. From Terkel's parents who engage in S&M, to the fat girl who hurls herself out a window & plummets to her splattered death, a violent & alcoholic uncle, and smuggling alcohol to underage kids outside a funeral, & well.. lots of blood, bruises, & urine, the film reaches to a mature audience & actually manages to avoid being overly crass.
No indeed, Terkel in Trouble maintains a dry & black sardonic humour without resorting to (too much) immature smut.
Despite being an animated feature, the story isn't half bad. The characters are unique & the dialogue is comedy gold. The central character endures so much distress & turmoil that the audience genuinely feels for the little fellow.
Possibly the ONLY let down of the whole film is the final twist where Terkel's stalker's motive is a little lame. But by that point I had already laughed myself to tears a hundred times, so who cares?
(And if anyone could give me some pointers on that DVD, help me out!!)
This film is brilliant and utterly hysterical...
Perhaps the English translation is not as witty or black as the Danish original? I was rolling on the floor with laughter when I saw this film over 6 months ago, & I've been searching for the DVD ever since. The 3D FX are not avant garde (similar to any Dreamworks animation), but the cartoon style is particularly unique & takes quite a while to adjust to. The however narrative is where the genius lies. Whilst most Hollywood animated features are fairly insipid & family friendly, this is most certainly an adult film. From Terkel's parents who engage in S&M, to the fat girl who hurls herself out a window & plummets to her splattered death, a violent & alcoholic uncle, and smuggling alcohol to underage kids outside a funeral, & well.. lots of blood, bruises, & urine, the film reaches to a mature audience & actually manages to avoid being overly crass.
No indeed, Terkel in Trouble maintains a dry & black sardonic humour without resorting to (too much) immature smut.
Despite being an animated feature, the story isn't half bad. The characters are unique & the dialogue is comedy gold. The central character endures so much distress & turmoil that the audience genuinely feels for the little fellow.
Possibly the ONLY let down of the whole film is the final twist where Terkel's stalker's motive is a little lame. But by that point I had already laughed myself to tears a hundred times, so who cares?
(And if anyone could give me some pointers on that DVD, help me out!!)