#30 Vikaren (The Substitute) (2007)
Directed by Ole Bornedal
The Substitute sends a love-starved alien to terrorize a classroom of youngsters. Paprika Steen highlights the pic with a wickedly over-the-top performance in the title role. Danish director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch) delivers a fun and nicely paced thriller fit for the whole family. As a throwback to classic 80s family films like Monster Squad and The Goonies, The Substitute is a whole lot of fun, and a hidden gem just waiting to be discovered. Few critics gave the film the positive reviews it deserves, but hopefully in time it will find a cult audience. Special mention to the children, who are all brilliant, especially Jonas Wandschneider as Carl.
#29 The Hidden
Directed by Jack Sholder
Made by New Line at a time when the studio was known primarily for its early John Waters comedies and the Nightmare On Elm Street series, 1987′s The Hidden is a body switching,...
Directed by Ole Bornedal
The Substitute sends a love-starved alien to terrorize a classroom of youngsters. Paprika Steen highlights the pic with a wickedly over-the-top performance in the title role. Danish director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch) delivers a fun and nicely paced thriller fit for the whole family. As a throwback to classic 80s family films like Monster Squad and The Goonies, The Substitute is a whole lot of fun, and a hidden gem just waiting to be discovered. Few critics gave the film the positive reviews it deserves, but hopefully in time it will find a cult audience. Special mention to the children, who are all brilliant, especially Jonas Wandschneider as Carl.
#29 The Hidden
Directed by Jack Sholder
Made by New Line at a time when the studio was known primarily for its early John Waters comedies and the Nightmare On Elm Street series, 1987′s The Hidden is a body switching,...
- 3/12/2011
- by Jason Elsbury
- SoundOnSight
Year: 2008
DVD Release date: October 14, 2008
Director: Ole Bornedal
Writers: Ole Bornedal / Henrik Prip
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Amazon: link
Review by: agentorange
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
America take note: Denmark is bringing back the lost art of the PG-13 kids flick and they're making you look bad in the process. It's time to step up.
With The Substitute, director Ole Bornedal has managed to bring together two kinds of cinema and construct a film that I can only describe as being Dogme 95 meets The Monster Squad. It took me about 30 minutes to realize it, but when the realization finally hit, it was like a ton of bricks; "Holy crap... I'm watching a kids movie!" From there the movie was a joy to take in and had me grinning from ear to ear, remembering my own childhood and all the lost days of watching edgy kids flicks from the 80s like The Gate,...
DVD Release date: October 14, 2008
Director: Ole Bornedal
Writers: Ole Bornedal / Henrik Prip
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Amazon: link
Review by: agentorange
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
America take note: Denmark is bringing back the lost art of the PG-13 kids flick and they're making you look bad in the process. It's time to step up.
With The Substitute, director Ole Bornedal has managed to bring together two kinds of cinema and construct a film that I can only describe as being Dogme 95 meets The Monster Squad. It took me about 30 minutes to realize it, but when the realization finally hit, it was like a ton of bricks; "Holy crap... I'm watching a kids movie!" From there the movie was a joy to take in and had me grinning from ear to ear, remembering my own childhood and all the lost days of watching edgy kids flicks from the 80s like The Gate,...
- 10/9/2008
- QuietEarth.us
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