Flickering Lights

Name: Flickering Lights
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: March 28, 2003
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen

2003

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Vanguard Cinema | Release Date: March 28, 2003

Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen

Summary: This Danish gangster comedy follows a group of ruffians who attempt to turn their lives around while turning the restaurant business upside down.

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen

Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Crime

Runtime: 109 min

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Gunnar Rehlin

Jensen helms with assurance and maturity, with rapid but unhectic pacing, plenty of dark humor and deft action sequences that turn cliches from U.S. action-comedies into something very Danish. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

It's funny and violent and fast and, er, Danish. Read full review

Chuck Wilson

A hit in Denmark, this impressive debut feature from writer-director Anders Thom as Jensen is decidedly offbeat, with Jensen contrasting moments of brutal violence with the emerging gentleness of Torkild and his friends. Read full review

Desson Thomson

As it stands, this movie seems to have conflicting desires: to endear itself to the audience and then repel it. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Anders Thomas Jensen's Flickering Lights may have been a huge hit in Denmark, but it doesn't travel well. A bleak male-bonding comedy that's a queasy blend of brutal humor and escalating sentimentality, it is overlong, heavy-handed, slow and unpersuasive. Read full review

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muldjord

Apr 17, 2020

Just re-watched it again and I had forgotten how much charm and absolute brilliance is contained within it. So many memorable, obscene and surreal scenes. As long as you accept that the movie sort of takes place in a parallel universe, there is so much stuff to enjoy. Anders Thomas JensenJust re-watched it again and I had forgotten how much charm and absolute brilliance is contained within it. So many memorable, obscene and surreal scenes. As long as you accept that the movie sort of takes place in a parallel universe, there is so much stuff to enjoy. Anders Thomas Jensen took a Morten Korch script and turned all knobs to 11. Then he arrived at Flickering Lights.

The absurdities hit you like a sledgehammer. It's so crazy that it wraps around and starts to make sense. It's highly entertaining and has a surreal emotional depth to it. This is not just a comedy or an obscene action movie. It has something to say in its own right. Whoever we are - whatever pasts we left behind. There's redemption for all of us in the most unlikely of places, as long as we do our best to get there.

I was laughing and crying throughout. This is one of my favorite movies.… Expand

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Chreisler

Sep 3, 2016

A very funny, jet sometimes serious and sad movie, that shows how good Jensen is as an director and writer. It is a must see for fans of the genre and movie lovers in general.

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MarkW

Jul 18, 2009

Too bad Americans can't make comedies like this.

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