Copenhagen Cowboy

Netflix | Release Date: January 5, 2023

6.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Ratings

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OlivierPielJan 9, 2023

warning: This is an attempt at art, not entertainment. This is not for an escapist Netflix audience weaned on algo-generated series with pulpy "storylines" and " exciting plots". Still, it is Netflix, so Refn had to pitch something far morewarning: This is an attempt at art, not entertainment. This is not for an escapist Netflix audience weaned on algo-generated series with pulpy "storylines" and " exciting plots". Still, it is Netflix, so Refn had to pitch something far more palatable than Neon Demon, which is his masterpiece on the role of the body and art in our post-modern society. So he probably promised something à la "Imagine a Manga version of Twin Peaks draped in a somptuous sado-masochistic YSL fashion show".
And he delivers in the first 3 episodes or so, even if people might complain it's "empty". Same people who would complain Rohmer is empty probably! The relationship between Miu, our protagonist, and Cimona is rendered poignant and true by a minimalist acting and camera work, focusing on slow movement of body parts that reminds of ...Bresson (there I said it) and which contrasts dramatically with the cartoonish, gaudy and ultra-artificial world of the Albanian mafia.
He did this before in "Too Old To Die Young", but the reduction in artifice and elimination of a "plot" works for the best in my opinion.
The second half of the season is sadly, just like in his last endeavour, not as interesting and repetitive. The Cantonese side-story is totally pointless with some horrendous acting by the supporting Chinese actress; Miu's origin story completely shifts and becomes also that of a "super hero", which is preposterous. Another negative would be the lazy swine "oink" sounds layered on sexual acts.... it's too much on the ...nose, as well as the dumb / simplistic treatment of male characters.… Expand

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