Fresh
Bier, honored as an Emerging Master at the Seattle International Film Festival this year, is clearly a director to watch. In her hands, a story that could become melodramatic is gripping and heartbreaking.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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Brothers
Overview
A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but is reported dead to the family.
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Fresh
At its core, Susanne Bier's wrenching portrayal of the shifting dynamics within a Danish family is really about survival, about how we cope in the face of shattering grief and what we'll do -- anything, really -- to save ourselves.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
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A profoundly affecting movie, one in which our sympathies lie with everyone.
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
Fresh
Feels like an amalgam of newsreel and stage drama, but with the most potent aspects of both art forms.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
Keeps itself floating above the suds thanks to Bier's crisp and lively visual design, the general loveliness of her cast ... and her attention to small moments of arresting domestic authenticity.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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