Til døden os skiller (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Paprika Steen

Guionista:

Anders Thomas Jensen (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

28 septiembre 2007 (Denmark)

Género:

Comedia

Frase comercial:

Would you kill your wife to save your marriage?

Plot:

Ordinary Jan has no easy life. He is by far the most unpopular employee at work. At home it's even worse...

Plot Keywords:

Opera | Mechanic | Group Therapy | Customer | Hit In The Head

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A charming but half-baked affair

Reparto

Lars Brygmann	...	Jan
Sidse Babett Knudsen	...	Bente
Nicolaj Kopernikus	...	Rudy
Rasmus Bjerg	...	Alf
Søren Pilmark	...	Erik
Jan Malmsjö	...	Eckelstein
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Anne Sophie Byder	...	Young Woman
Ralph Carlsson	...	Ticket salesman
Tilde Maja Frederiksen	...	Anna
Kristian Halken	...	Torben
Frida Hallgren	...	Sanne
Rolf Jarl	...	Lystekniker
Bodil Jørgensen	...	Nurse
Kirsten Lehfeldt	...	Ellen
Nynne Karen Nørlund	...	Karin
Guido Paevatalu	...	Marcello
Niels Jørgen Riis	...	Thomas / Rudolfo
Nikolaj Steen	...	Man in restaurant
Mette Stender

También conocida como:

With Your Permission (International: English title)

Duración:

Denmark:100 min

País:

Denmark | Sweden

Idioma:

Danés | Sueco

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Compañía:

Nordisk Film

A charming but half-baked affair

If there ever were a film to hop around aimlessly from one plot point to another, "With Your Permission" is it. One should be aware that the film's tagline becomes obsolete within forty minutes of the film. After that, it's impossible to tell where the story trails off to, and more importantly why. The "where" is merely unsatisfactory. And the "why" is never answered.

What results is a series of plot lines strung around our anti-hero, Jan, and his unpredictable wife, Brente. Each plot line carries little depth; the crust of the story is baked, but there's a nice gooey middle. Characters are introduced without purpose. When the last shot cuts to the final credits, I couldn't help but wonder what I watched; what was the purpose of the film, the point, the thesis? Why did I spend 95 minutes watching a film that was supposed to be about a man who is beaten by his wife and maybe for once he'd do something about it, when in fact, that is only a small part of the story?

The one merit of this film is its execution. It was well-done, well-acted, and it looked great. Nothing too fancy with the camera, but the story didn't call for it. And though I don't speak Swedish, it still succeeded in being a humorous film.

The main fault is a weak script. There's just not much to it, but there's plenty potential for a story that could've transcended what it is.