Summary
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+18)
Critics 44Audiences 62GoodWatch 46
Tomatometer52%
Metascore35
IMDb6.8
Audience score56%
Running time
1 h 43 min
A typical length for thrillers
typical 104103Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 12 countries, rent or buy in 17 more
+2Released
2015
January 15, 2015
11 years ago
Genres
ThrillerDramaLanguage
Danish
Original language
Also spoken
SwedishMade in
- Denmark
Sweden
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
18 of 18
Nikolaj Coster-WaldauAndreas
Ulrich ThomsenSimon
Nikolaj Lie KaasTristan
May AndersenSanne
Maria BonnevieAnna
Kirsten LehfeldtJulie
Peter HaberGustav
Ewa FrölingIngrid
Thomas Bo LarsenKlaus
Bodil JørgensenForensic pathologist
Christian GrønvallTruck driver
Ole DupontFuneral attendant
Molly EgelindWoman at nightclub
Søs EgelindCaroline
Roland MøllerMan at nightclub
Sarah Juel WernerWoman at playground
Charlotte FichJudge
Claus Riis ØstergaardValet in parking lot
Directing · 1
- Susanne Bier Director, Story
Writing · 1
- Anders Thomas Jensen Writer, Story
Production · 1
- Sisse Graum Jørgensen Producer
Camera · 1
- Michael Snyman Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Pernille Bech Christensen Editor
Sound · 1
- Johan Söderqvist Original Music Composer
Other crew · 1
- Leopold Hughes Post Production Assistant
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