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Summary
Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 74Audiences 70GoodWatch 71
Tomatometer84%
Metascore64
Audience score73%
User score7.1
IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 44 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 100104Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 17 countries, rent or buy in 12 more
+7Released
2015
February 5, 2015
11 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
Danish
Original language
Made in
- Denmark
Germany
Sweden
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
16 of 16
Mads MikkelsenElias
David DencikGabriel
Nikolaj Lie KaasGregor
Søren MallingFranz
Nicolas BroJosef
Ole ThestrupFlemming Abbott
Bodil JørgensenEllen Abbott
Kirsten LehfeldtIngrid Abbott
Lisbet DahlSusan
Rikke Louise AnderssonSara
Kjeld NørgaardFærgefører
Maj-Britt MathiesenMia
Birthe NeumannInger Lis- ILInger Lise LarsenTove
Lars LunøeFar- PMPhilip MøllerDøds Bo
Directing · 4
- Anders Thomas Jensen Director, Writer
- Peter Bækkel First Assistant Director, Associate Producer
- Falk Schwalbe Continuity
- Arn Lou Second Assistant Director
Production · 16
- Carl Woebcken Executive Producer
- Dario Suter Executive Producer
- Christoph Fisser Executive Producer
- Henning Molfenter Executive Producer
- Marc Schmidheiny Executive Producer
- Joel Brandeis Executive Producer
Camera · 8
- Sebastian Blenkov Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- Magnus Kragh Ohmsen Key Grip
- Kasper Loft Bylov Camera Operator
- Christian Brøndum Grip
- Rasmus Rygaard Clapper Loader
- Florian Emmerich Steadicam Operator
Editing · 1
- Anders Villadsen Editor
Sound · 5
- Jeppe Kaas Original Music Composer
- Frans Bak Original Music Composer
- Nino Jacobsen Sound Designer
- Peter Kofoed Boom Operator
- Jonas Langkilde Sound
Art · 1
- Mia Stensgaard Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Anne Cathrine Sauerberg Key Makeup Artist
- Thomas Foldberg Makeup Artist
- Manon Rasmussen Key Costumer
- Morten Jacobsen Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- Peter Hjorth VFX Supervisor
Other crew · 1
- Nanna van Elk Post Production Supervisor
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