Flickering Lights
Vanguard Cinema | Release Date: March 28, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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2
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VarietyGunnar 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
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L.A. WeeklyChuck 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
60
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It's funny and violent and fast and, er, Danish. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKevin 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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Washington PostDesson Thomson
As it stands, this movie seems to have conflicting desires: to endear itself to the audience and then repel it. Read full review
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