Pros: Excellent Film-Unnerving Plot Twist Cons: Nothing-it is phenomenal
Before I go into an extensive review on this film- I must warn those people that who have not seen this video to proceed with caution as to the plot revelations. I feel I cannot do the film justice without delving into the plot. The film” Celebration”...
Pros: A brilliant cliché-free treatment of the aftermath of sexual abuse of children; magnificent performances Cons: The effect of Dogme95 stylistic requirements on this Dogme95-approved film cut both ways
Celebration is an intense film based on a exceptionally well-honed script. It is successful by any standard, as its international recognition attests, but all the more so as just the second feature film by a young Danish director, Thomas ...
Note: The following is Dogme 95 film review where the writer of this review has chosen to write a film review in 1000 or less. The idea of the review is to strip down the aesthetics and excess of previous film reviews. In spirit to the Dogme 95 ...
Pros: Absorbing, challenging and original Cons: May put you off Hollywood films for life
This week, I have had the opportunity to see the first two Dogme 95 films, Festen (i.e. Celebration) and The Idiots. I had already been hugely impressed by Lars von Trier's The Idiots, so my expectations were high. I...
Pros: Great performances, a bitingly funny script. Cons: The jerky handheld camerawork gets a little annoying.
The title of this Danish import couldn't be more ironic. First,
there's the literal level, in the plot: the sixtieth birthday bash of
a wealthy patriarch Helge (Hennig Moritzen) becomes something
decidedly less festive when his successful...
Pros: Superb and truly original Film Making Cons: Low Quality camera footage since it was all shot with a hand-held camera, BUT its nothing like "Blair Witch in that sense"...ALOT more stable camera work.
"The Celebration" is a great piece of creative film making. It blends a fantastic script with avant-garde camera-work to create a movie in which the boundaries of traditional film making and orthodox style are sacrificed completely. Set in...
Pros: Amazing acting, uncomfortable story Cons: Subtitled
A Danish film? But wait, this jerky hand-held camera style film really makes you an uncomfortable fly on the wall at this rich reunion; and as if in a bad soap, you're suddenly hooked, anxious to hear more. It's not that you really care as much as...
"The celebration" or "Festen" is the nasty portrayal of an average family.
As this movie shows truth is better ignored and if it can't be, it has to be hidden in the woods. During a birthday celebration the family's incest and...
Pros: great story good acting Cons: dogma-style camera work is kind of annoying
This is a "Dogma 95" movie which as I understand it means that there are no external lights, tripods, steadicams, etc. allowed. Only the camera and a microphone. Where this is misleading is that it is my understanding that the movie benefited...
Pros: Great movie, worth seeing Cons: none--good flick
I can imagine nothing worse than being present at the birthday dinner depicted in this movie. The entire movie moves to the point of making one embarrased to be watching. The characters are so believable, and the dialogue so true (Even in subtitles!)...
It's Helge Klingenfeldt's much-anticipated sixtieth birthday party but no one is ready for the bombshell about to be delivered by his oldest son Chr...More at NBC Universal
Thomas Vinterberg's contribution to the Dogma 95 collective is an electrifying achievement driven by powerhouse acting and hand-held digital camera wo...More at Family Video
Helge Kilngenfeldt (Henning Mortizen) is a respected Danish partiarch whose country estate is the scene of grand celebration. Friends and relatives ha...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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