Denmark
- 2019
- 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.4K
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A down-on-his-luck Welshman travels across Europe with one crazy goal: to get himself arrested and sent to a Danish prison where the beds are warm and the water is hot.A down-on-his-luck Welshman travels across Europe with one crazy goal: to get himself arrested and sent to a Danish prison where the beds are warm and the water is hot.A down-on-his-luck Welshman travels across Europe with one crazy goal: to get himself arrested and sent to a Danish prison where the beds are warm and the water is hot.
Joseph Benjamin Baker
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- (as Joe Baker)
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Strangely funny truthful and bittersweet
This movie will frustrate you make you happy and sad it's a genuine tragic comedy and very close to the truth
A nice surprise
Loved it, it's not what I would class as a true comedy where the writer is trying to make the audience laugh out loud, it's a cute comedy and that's probably a bad attempt at trying to pigeon hole it.
The amazing thing is though and somewhat spooky is I've often said to friends if I have nothing, no job, no home, no money, I would do exactly the same as what this guy attempted do only I would choose Norway because some prisons there the inmates have the luxury of cells which more or less fit the description of apartments.
Sometime in the future I will watch it again and I if you get the chance I think you could a lot worse than to watch this also/
Nicely done but unrelentingly depressing
There's no real arc or story to speak of and in lesser hands this would have been a molten dumpster fire but Spall manages to drag it over the line with a decent supporting cast.
If you're waiting for sometime heartwarming to happen you'll be waiting a long time.
a very nice tragycomedy
Well, ive been often thinking the same thing, that if i was a bum or hobo, lurking the streets here in fennoscandia, i wouldve done my best to get through the heavens gates of nordic imprisonment, just to get food and relaxation, some money and steady rythmm of life. looser you might think, but norwegian prisons really bake bread up under your arms to make you float through the system of punishment, and if the tv doesnt work, then youll be transfered to halden kretsfengsel, the heavenly oyster in noirwegian prison system.
so the reason for the welshman to go to denmark to break the law for a vacation in danish prisons are well delved over, and for sure a fat thought of good food and bed
its a film with lots of humble laughs, on behalf of a depressed person that really lives in a hassle. the main actor has this''marsian''surprised look that really tells half the story. it could have been even better elaborated how crime are dealt with up here among the trolls and vetter in the lands of the midnight sun, but if you just wanna creep in next to a depressed and repressed male welshman, then watch denmark.
the grumpy old man who has forgoitten half of the glossary learnt at school gives a recommend .
so the reason for the welshman to go to denmark to break the law for a vacation in danish prisons are well delved over, and for sure a fat thought of good food and bed
its a film with lots of humble laughs, on behalf of a depressed person that really lives in a hassle. the main actor has this''marsian''surprised look that really tells half the story. it could have been even better elaborated how crime are dealt with up here among the trolls and vetter in the lands of the midnight sun, but if you just wanna creep in next to a depressed and repressed male welshman, then watch denmark.
the grumpy old man who has forgoitten half of the glossary learnt at school gives a recommend .
The Kitchen Sink Returns & It's Needed.
A well thought through & written piece. The acting is excellent.
It has that classic bitter sweet kitchen sink social commentary.
So many in Wales (& other parts of the UK) face a desperate situation like the lead character. The film makes you face society's flaws with a back rub rather than a fist.
It has that classic bitter sweet kitchen sink social commentary.
So many in Wales (& other parts of the UK) face a desperate situation like the lead character. The film makes you face society's flaws with a back rub rather than a fist.
Did you know
- TriviaA ferry DID go from Harwich to Esbjerg when this film was made. And only freight vessels travel from Immingham.
- GoofsAlthough the 132 Stagecoach Bus goes through Pontypridd, it never displays "Pontypridd" as shown in the film, as the bus runs from Maerdy to Cardiff.
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- 1h 31m(91 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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