Frygtelig lykkelig 2008

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Beneath the poker face of this wickedly entertaining film lurks an insinuating smirk on the verge of widening into a grin. Read more

Jake Coyle, Associated Press: Terribly Happy, directed by Henrick Ruben Genz, is all moodiness, midnight black comedy and noir mystery. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: This is a smart, melancholy crime picture, which takes its cues from the title of the perverse old standard Christensen plays on her stereo at night: "You Always Hurt The One You Love." Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Terribly Happy must surely be the greatest Danish Western ever made. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The characters are intended to be slightly stupid, but the writing isn't necessarily smarter. Read more

Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: Lurid and stylish, this 2008 Danish feature plays like a cross between The Postman Always Rings Twice and High Noon, with a dash of Gothic thriller. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Such dark doings won't be for everyone, but fans of similarly dry Nordic fare - like the works of Aki Kaurismaki - will be happy to have found it. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Genz seems to delight in keeping viewers off guard. Nothing is as it seems at first, and nothing ever plays out the way you expect. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Genz creates a distinctive look and feel in the film. The town is drab, the people wrung out, and the moments of passion are smoothed back down into the tired routine. Read more

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: It may not sound funny, but there's a bleakly comic air about the story, and a bit of surrealism, suggesting the most caustic side of the Coen brothers. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Read more

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Alissa Simon, Variety: Entertaining and full of surprising twists, this highly cinematic tale of a Copenhagen policeman working punishment duty in the provinces plays with genre in a manner that can be compared with the Coen brothers or David Lynch. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice: Cedergren is a little too bland, but that works with Hansen's air of haplessness and sets him apart from the colorful locals. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Word is that Danish director Henrik Ruben Genz is planning to remake his latest film, Terribly Happy, in English. There's not much room for improvement. Read more