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CineVue by Ben Nicholson
There is a tender story about paternal love and the desire to do right by one's family within A Second Chance but, regrettably, Bier's brand of melodrama derails it before it begins.
A Second Chance (En chance til)
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- Denmark,
- Sweden
- 2015
- · 103m
Director
Susanne Bier
Cast
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,
Ulrich Thomsen,
Nikolaj Lie Kaas,
Maria Bonnevie,
Thomas Bo Larsen,
Peter Haber
Genre
Thriller,
Drama
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple, caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs.
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The Telegraph by Mike McCahill
This tale, more mechanical than human, is finally beyond [Bier's] skillset: it required ruthless tinkering, not the softly-softly approach.
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Time Out London by Dave Calhoun
The thriller tendencies here are as half-cocked as its compassion for the struggles of parenthood, even if there are some admirable, if hard-to-watch, moments when Bier refuses to turn away from horror and pain.
40
Empire by Patrick Peters
A decent cast gives it more credibility than it deserves.
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