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- The storyline is a highly melodramatic, but some solid performances and the relentless intimacy of the camerawork give this a Dogme sense of significance.
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Susanne Bier's After the Wedding has an intriguing premise that sometimes veers towards lurid melodrama, but wisely never crosses that line.
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Aug 9, 2019 · But the movie doesn't savor them as a great melodrama or psychodrama should. It's too tasteful for that, often cutting away from potentially wrenching moments before we can have a proper wallow and returning later, after the messy, volatile part has presumably occurred offscreen.
After the Wedding (Danish: Efter brylluppet) is a 2006 Danish-Swedish drama film directed by Susanne Bier and starring Mads Mikkelsen and Sidse Babett Knudsen. The film was a critical success and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but lost to The Lives of Others.
Oct 23, 2019 · In an unlikely occurrence, Mikkelsen’s character is invited to the wedding of said benefactor’s daughter, only to discover – in a juicy plot twist best reserved for television melodramas – that he is intimately connected to the family in a manner he was unprepared for.
Oct 31, 2019 · Based on a Danish film of the same name from 2006, After the Wedding is a taut domestic drama mostly done with style and verve. However, the film cannot resist a rather ill-judged,...
- Michelle Williams
- Bart Freundlich
Feb 23, 2007 · Read the Empire Movie review of After The Wedding. The storyline is a highly melodramatic, but some solid performances and the relentless intimacy of...
Aug 7, 2019 · 'After the Wedding' turns a remake of a Danish melodrama into a mediocrity—but what Michelle Williams does here is magnificent. Our review.
