Packaged for U.S. release as the sort of light-hearted, romantic comedy distributor Miramax favors, this film's inexplicably high body count, overabundance of hideously unlikable supporting characters and euthanasia subplot (which seems to have come from another, deeply depressing, movie) will come as a shock to unprepared viewers. If this is the Danish idea of a good time, prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination — some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war, perhaps. The plot, which isn't all that dissimilar in structure from such Hollywood golden oldies as GRAND HOTEL, revolves around six thirtysomethings whose lives and prob...
Released:
2000
Rated:
R
Length:
112 mins