Fresh
It's funny and violent and fast and, er, Danish.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Flickering Lights
2000 · 1h 49m · Not Rated
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Anders Thomas Jensen
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Flickering Lights
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Mostly, it exults in its inspired potential rather than any brilliant results.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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
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
Fresh
This impressive debut feature from writer-director Anders Thom as Jensen is decidedly offbeat.
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
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