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Screen International by Allan Hunter
The joy of Men & Chicken is the way the absurdist comedy can dissolve to expose some intriguing philosophical arguments.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
63
An admirably bizarre and beautiful genre mixtape, but Anders Thomas Jensen's empathy for his characters gradually impedes his imagination.
60
The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
The movie’s grave commitment to its own quirkiness is admirable, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to recommend it.
83
The Film Stage by Jared Mobarak
It’s Mikkelsen who steals the show playing so far against type that you wonder how it could be him.
70
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Even given the standards of off-the-rails cinematic family reunions, you'd have to look a while to find one as bizarre as Anders Thomas Jensen's Men & Chicken.
50
Village Voice by Michael Nordine
Mikkelsen, blessed with the rare ability to class up a joint while also being the most menacing guy in the room, is cast against type as a mustachioed philanderer; based on the evidence, his estimable talents are better suited to Hannibal.
70
Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
In Jensen's uniquely wacky world, there's a genuine affection for his offbeat characters.
50
The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo
The film is grotesque and bizarre without ever really being funny, and while the sight of Mikkelsen as a nebbishy loser is initially bracing, the novelty wears off fast, leaving little else.
70
In its own playful way, this tonally astounding, genre-confounding movie offers a variation on the famous chicken-and-egg debate, being a twisted inquiry into the characters’ origins and mankind’s own search for meaning.
75
RogerEbert.com by Sheila O'Malley
What does all of this add up to? Damned if I know. But it's fun to see a film that plays by its own rules to such a degree that any comparison to anything else falls apart.