Monday, March 17, 2014

Love Is All You Need (Den scalded frisør - 2012)

This romantic comedy rises above chick flickdom in the capable hands of director Susanne Bier. Its Danish title translates to "The Bald Hairdresser," which describes the post-chemo, bewigged heroine, who meets the father of her daughter's fiancé before the wedding in Italy. Trine Dyrholm (blogged for In a Better World, a masterpiece which was also directed and co-written by Bier, with a screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen who wrote this one as well) is great, as are Pierce Brosnan (after he was in Ghost Writer he narrated the 2009 Disney Earth Day spectacular Oceans) and the rest of the Danish cast. The pretty music by Johan Söderqvist (also scored In a Better World and lots more) can be sampled here.

Jack and I watched this on demand about seven weeks ago and he agrees that it's not just for girls. 74% critics and 60 audiences on rottentomatoes. Still available on amazon instant video, google play, DVD from netflix, and probably more.

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