Terribly Happy
A film by Henrik Ruben Genz
Robert Hanson is a Copenhagen police officer who, following a nervous breakdown, is transferred to a small provincial town to take on the mysteriously vacated Marshall position and subsequently gets mixed up with a married femme fatale. Robert’s big city temperament makes it impossible for him to fit in, or understand the uncivilized, bizarre behavior displayed by the townspeople. Quickly spiraling downward into an intense fable reminiscent of the Coen Brothers’ BLOOD SIMPLE and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, TERRIBLY HAPPY displays a unique, often macabre vision of the darkest depths to which people will go to achieve a sense of security and belonging.
Critical Reaction
4 STARS! The Coen brothers have a long-lost Danish cousin.
—Hank Sartin, Time Out ChicagoA witty, expertly constructed psychological thriller.
—Stephen Holden, The New York TimesA smart, melancholy crime picture.
—Noel Murray, The Onion (A.V. Club)
External Links
- Official site
- View the trailer
- The New York Times review
- The Onion review
- Roger Ebert review
- Chicago Tribune review
- Time Out Chicago review
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Technical Information
- Production Year
- 2008
- Country of Production
- Denmark
- Language
- Danish with English subtitles
- Running Time
- 102 min
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