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New York Post by Kyle Smith
For boldness of execution as well as vision, The Red Chapel stands out as a singular, important comedy.
The Red Chapel (Det røde kapel)
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- Denmark
- 2009
- · 88m
Director
Mads Brügger
Cast
Simon Jul Jørgensen,
Jacob Nossell,
Mads Brügger
Genre
Comedy,
Documentary
Two Danish comics of Korean descent, one of whom is spastic, join the director on a trip to North Korea. They have been allowed access under the pretext of performing a vaudeville act. The government expects them to produce positive propaganda, but they intend to mock the North Korean regime...
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80
Time Out by Eric Hynes
Uniting Sacha Baron Cohen's daredevilry with Werner Herzog's bombast, Brügger aims to expose "the evilness of North Korea" with a gloriously incoherent, kazoo-and-whoopee-cushion–inflected stage show starring a self-proclaimed "spastic."
70
Village Voice
The Red Chapel becomes an infectiously funny, gonzo glimpse into the sausage-making process of propaganda.
70
Village Voice by Karina Longworth
The Red Chapel becomes an infectiously funny, gonzo glimpse into the sausage-making process of propaganda.
30
The New York Times by Neil Genzlinger
The product - sloppy even by guerrilla filmmaking standards - has no revelations to offer that are worth the slog of watching it.
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