Ladies On The Rocks

Engaging feminist comedy about a pair of women who travel the backroads of Denmark performing a cabaret act in which they poke holes in a few of the more enduring myths of male-female relationships, sexuality, and femininity. Anne Marie Helger, the mother of two children, sees her 10-year marriage fall apart when her husband, who doesn't much like the show or his wife's absence, visits her on the tour and bumps into an old flame. Helle Ryslinge is no luckier with her rock musician boy friend, yet another unreconstructed male chauvinist, though her revenge--a good swift kick--is sweeter. A funny, well-acted, insightful road comedy that is sympathetically directed by...