This comedy from Denmark sees Tommy, an aggressive down-and-out father, stalk Klaus, a try-hard arthouse director, for making films too obscure for a night out with his kids. An unexpected injury while an extra on Klaus' new film sees Tommy, as compensation, land a co-directing/writing gig on his next film. Clash of Egos is surprisingly unpretentious, and certainly some of it is very clever and funny. Jabs at sentimental films like Ghost are particularly memorable. The two central performances (Ulrich Thomsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas) are solid - they have good chemistry - but while it's enjoyable, it doesn't reach any great heights due to an annoying and unnecessary love-story subplot. A fun film regardless.
7.5 on the DaveScale.
(dir. Tomas Villum Jensen, Denmark, 91 mins)
7.5 on the DaveScale.
(dir. Tomas Villum Jensen, Denmark, 91 mins)
4 comments:
The Danes are exporting some really interesting films lately. You should catch these two leads in the wonderfully black comedy "Adam's Apples" which screened in Sydney at last year's festival.
And I got to make the first comment on your blog!
Jim
Did you know that this director, Anders Thomas Jensen, already has a fairly prolific body of work. He's been nominated for an Oscar 3 times http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421314/awards.
I'm seeing After the Wedding this week, looking forward to it.
D.
yes, I've seen the majority of the films he has written and/or directed. His films are really worth catching for their unexpected eccentricities. I'd love to see the short film that won him his Oscar.
I know I'm a year late on this, but anyone know where I can buy this film with the English subs?
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