The Green Butchers

Then again, the film betrays a strange indifference to the concept of generating laughs; it skimps on gags, and luxuriates in a low key morbid atmosphere. ( Read More )

Mick LaSalle

But it is held back by a story and script that is often silly and confusing. ( Read More )

Manohla Dargis

Nither high flying enough for the art house nor low down enough for the cult video shelf. ( Read More )

Maitland McDonagh

Writer director Anders Thomas Jensens melancholy black comedy mines the deep vein of flat out weirdness that runs through an apparently sleepy, picturesque Danish community. ( Read More )

Ed Gonzalez

A skilled observer of the wear and tear to the human condition, Anders Thomas Jensen was responsible for penning some of the more memorable films of the Dogme movement: Mifune, the undervalued The King is Alive, and most recently Open Hearts.Anyone whos seen Lone Scherfigs Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself knows that Jensen loves to make comedy out of human misery, but not unlike Elaine May, he never condescends to his characters or trivializes life. ( Read More )