Kind of like a Dogme film with Mike Leigh undertones.
Which means: improvisational comedy moments and observational misery.
Over-reacting (slightly) becomes (slightly) over-acting and a tendency to go for quirky “tendencies” of characterisation: i.e. telegraphed tics and traits.
To give one example: the recently widowed father gets to sticking on comic relief red noses to cheer up sad situations with his “childish” prankish humour. I thought to myself: don’t do that again. He does it again. Twice.
I’m not laughing. Or even slightly smiling.
Minor mishaps, minor melodrama, minor melancholy, minor movie.
I don’t know why i bought this film.
Dir: Annette Olesen, Denmark
5/10
