I don't get all the low star reviews. But it seems to happen more and more with subtle movies that rely more on the emotions they convey and all the things that are being said in the silences. I feel people are so accustomed to flashy super hero movies and probably scroll on their phone's endlessly while watching that they fail to see nuance.
I watched the movie in Danish with subtitles, which is my recommendation for any movie. Dubbed is not the same, even when the actors themselves do it. There is rawness and depth in the original performance that no dubbing can ever convey. It also means you actually have to watch the movie and can't do anything else at the same time.
This movie is foremost a music movie, it lives by Christopher's songs that are well written for the story. The story is about loss and the impact it has on people's lives. Overcoming grief, especially when it's a child's grief and the parents died way too early, is so very hard. Elliot is trapped in his grief. While it is painful it's also familiar and somehow safe, because he has been in that place of grief for such a long time. Letting go of that grief and opening to new relationships, new people who care about him, seeing all the people who love him, is the challenge he needs to overcome.
One of my favorite scenes is when is fisherman boss delivers him to the producer's house and fires him. There is much love in him, pushing Elliot towards a good thing, but it takes Elliot forever to see that.
Every character deals with loss and grief in this movie. And it's very interesting so see how different they deal with it. But watch for yourself to see.
I watched the movie in Danish with subtitles, which is my recommendation for any movie. Dubbed is not the same, even when the actors themselves do it. There is rawness and depth in the original performance that no dubbing can ever convey. It also means you actually have to watch the movie and can't do anything else at the same time.
This movie is foremost a music movie, it lives by Christopher's songs that are well written for the story. The story is about loss and the impact it has on people's lives. Overcoming grief, especially when it's a child's grief and the parents died way too early, is so very hard. Elliot is trapped in his grief. While it is painful it's also familiar and somehow safe, because he has been in that place of grief for such a long time. Letting go of that grief and opening to new relationships, new people who care about him, seeing all the people who love him, is the challenge he needs to overcome.
One of my favorite scenes is when is fisherman boss delivers him to the producer's house and fires him. There is much love in him, pushing Elliot towards a good thing, but it takes Elliot forever to see that.
Every character deals with loss and grief in this movie. And it's very interesting so see how different they deal with it. But watch for yourself to see.