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Mænd & høns (2015)
Fabulous film; mistranslated title
As good a film as I've seen in years; I can't wait to start dragging friends over to watch it with strong cheese and beer.
I do have a serious question about the title, though. Translated into English, the Danish title would be "Men and Hens", which is ambiguous and quite amusing. Instead, someone at the distribution end renamed it "Men and Chicken", which at first glance just looks like bad English (shouldn't there be an "s" at the end?), and at second glance hints at pedophilia.
Is that really the best way to sell a clever and serious film with very dark philosophical overtones?
Regardless, anyone who likes thoughtful and utterly unexpected twists in their stories should see "Men and Hens". You'll love it.
Taking Lives (2004)
A film for perverts
There's no point in "spoiling" this film, as the plot, such as it is, has one weak surprise and that's pretty much it. As a police procedural it's a sad failure -- years of seriously well-devised thrillers have made that form a real tough nut to crack, and essentially impossible to fake. Suffice to say that Anjoline Jolie is less than convincing as a tough homicide detective. But the larger issue is, since when is almost two hours of closeups of a succession of rotting corpses, along with loving views of the anguish of people being murdered, a night of entertainment at the movies? Didn't Ethan Hawke used to be a serious actor? Didn't he play Hamlet, for God's sake? Boy, when these people's careers go down the toilet, they really hit the sludge.