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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyVarietyJensen helms with assurance and maturity, with rapid but unhectic pacing, plenty of dark humor and deft action sequences that turn cliches from U.S. action-comedies into something very Danish.
- 60L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonA hit in Denmark, this impressive debut feature from writer-director Anders Thom as Jensen is decidedly offbeat, with Jensen contrasting moments of brutal violence with the emerging gentleness of Torkild and his friends.
- 60Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterIt's funny and violent and fast and, er, Danish.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAnders Thomas Jensen's Flickering Lights may have been a huge hit in Denmark, but it doesn't travel well. A bleak male-bonding comedy that's a queasy blend of brutal humor and escalating sentimentality, it is overlong, heavy-handed, slow and unpersuasive.
- 30Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonAs it stands, this movie seems to have conflicting desires: to endear itself to the audience and then repel it.