Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, start a new life.
This impressive debut feature from writer-director Anders Thom as Jensen is decidedly offbeat.
– Chuck Wilson,
L.A. Weekly,
27 Mar 2003
fresh:
The personality conflicts among the four seem a bit formulaic, as do the flashbacks explaining why each turned to crime, but the narrative is inventive enough to sustain interest.
– Fred Camper,
Chicago Reader,
27 Mar 2003
rotten:
A bleak male-bonding comedy that's a queasy blend of brutal humor and escalating sentimentality, it is overlong, heavy-handed, slow and unpersuasive.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar 2003
rotten:
Mostly, it exults in its inspired potential rather than any brilliant results.