Anxiety (2001) User Reviews

Only good that it was made as it helped Boe improving

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 3 March 2018]

"Hr. Boe & Co.'s Anxiety" is a Danish Danish-language 35-minute live action short film from 2001, so this one is already over 15 years old and fittingly with the title, this is the first filmmaking effort by writer and director Christoffer Boe, who went on to win several awards later with his other works and be nominated for even more. But this one here, despite some really big names in the cast from Scandinavia (mostly Sweden), is far from great quality still. It's okay it was made, but in terms of the dramatic impact it is going for it comes pretty short most of the time and I found it relatively forgettable from start to finish with some dragging occasionally too. Anyway, as it seemd to have helped Boe in improving his skills, it's good it was made I guess, but from the artistic perspective, i was not convinced here and I am actually glad it wasn't a full feature film. Maybe watch it if you really love some of Boe's other stuff or just Danish films in general. Scandinavia has produced some excellent movies this century, short and long. This is not one of them unfortunately and I give it a thumbs-down.