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The Danish Girl

2015

Tom Hooper

Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Amber Heard ...

6.8

28,640

Drama. Romance Inspired by the true story of Danish artists Einar Wegener and his wife Gerda. It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. Her portrait model has canceled, and would he mind slipping into a pair of women's shoes and stockings for a few moments so she can finish the painting on time. "Of course," he answers. "Anything at all."

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Redmayne gives the greatest performance of his career so far (...) Reuniting with (...) Tom Hooper in a return to the handsome, mostly-interior style (...) of what’s destined to be the year’s most talked-about arthouse phenomenon."	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang IndieWire	"Is it permissible to be glad that a film exists, admiring of some of its elements, delighted that it will get a massive release, even OK with it probably winning a million bajillion awards, and to not like it?"	NEU
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	Watching Redmayne’s character blossom into her true self is remarkable (...) By the end, it’s hard not to feel swept up in Lili’s journey because of the actor’s revealing performance (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"It’s impossible not to be moved by Lili’s self-recognition and by her demand to be recognized by those who care most about her. But it’s also hard not to wish that 'The Danish Girl' were a better movie, a more daring and emotionally open exploration of Lili’s emergence."	NEU
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"A beautiful, humane and moving biopic (...) the film's secret weapon is Vikander (...) for stretches of the film, she's effectively its lead character. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney The Guardian	"Well-meaning and polished as it is, The Danish Girl is a determinedly mainstream melodrama that doesn’t really offer new perspectives its theme (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Redmayne deserves every superlative (...) The film never gets too graphic about sex or surgery. What Hooper has crafted is a work of probing intelligence and passionate heart (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"It's a remarkable and timely story, handled with taste, sensitivity and visual flair by director Tom Hooper (...) Redmayne is astonishingly good"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"A sensitive transgender story that lacks the expected emotional kick (...) At times, the film feels too well-mannered and tasteful (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"If the movie remains safe, there's no questioning its integrity, or the balance of porcelain vulnerability and strength that Eddie Redmayne brings to the lead role"	POS
United States	Sara Stewart New York Post	"Capping off the year that transgender stopped being transgressive, the story of artist Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne) makes for one of the year’s finest films (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"This is an over-varnished, sometimes dramatically leaden (...) drama that never really gets under the skin of a complex subject (...) Even so, visual gloss, prestige performances and the usual Working Title magic should make this audience-friendly package a very solid piece."	NEU
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"The film is exquisitely made, capturing its time and place with a jeweler’s eye (...) Yet there’s something that’s a bit lifeless in its perfection (...) And I kept waiting for it to move me more than it did"	POS

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