80
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Mikkelsen and Kaas are up to the demands of their roles, revealing impressive range and skill.
The Green Butchers (De grønne slagtere)
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- Denmark
- 2003
- · 100m
Director
Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast
Nikolaj Lie Kaas,
Mads Mikkelsen,
Line Kruse,
Nicolas Bro,
Aksel Erhardtsen,
Bodil Jørgensen
Genre
Comedy
In this Black Comedy, two butchers, Svend "Sweat" and Bjarne, open their own shop to evade their arrogant boss. But their plans are complicated when a large order of meat coincides with an untimely accident involving their electrician.
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What are critics saying?
80
L.A. Weekly by Ernest Hardy
While the acting is top-notch, the real star of the film is the script.
75
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
Macabre, oddly gripping.
70
Washington Post
Jensen's tone is admirably dry, and the film offers its pleasures through small, writerly details.
70
The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen
Pitch-perfect performances bring it all home, particularly that of Danish leading man Mikkelsen.
70
Washington Post by Nelson Pressley
Jensen's tone is admirably dry, and the film offers its pleasures through small, writerly details.
70
Film Threat by Stina Chyn
A dark comedy whose story is propelled by shock but sustained by issues of love and forgiveness.
63
Boston Globe by Ty Burr
Neither rare nor particularly well done. If you're looking for Danish meatballs served on dark wry, though, you could do worse.
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Rick Groen
Black comedies don't get much darker than this.
60
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
The result isn't exactly funny, just profoundly peculiar and even occasionally, unexpectedly poignant.
50
Variety
Will be either a turn-on or turn-off, depending on one's sense of humor.
50
New York Post by V.A. Musetto
A flawed black comedy about two buddies who open a butcher's shop in a small Danish town.
50
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Should have been either darker or funnier. Or both.
50
The New York Times by Manohla Dargis
A movie in search of a theme. Svend and Bjarne aren't bad or uninteresting characters, and certainly the two talented actors playing them are inherently watchable. But there's too little meat on these bones.
50
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
It's the sick humor that's most appealing about this odd little Danish film.
50
Village Voice
The two leads capably humanize an overdetermined screenplay that often fumbles with bludgeoning symbolism and rank sentimentality.
50
Variety by Gunnar Rehlin
Will be either a turn-on or turn-off, depending on one's sense of humor.
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