BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

madsp1234 As the title says. This movie goes far, almost too far. At some point you stop watching this as a realistic movie and just start laughing at the absurdities. Not really sure if this movie has any true messages, but anyway lots of awkward fun, and a good alternative to corny comedies. Watch this movie if you enjoy movies like Happiness (1998), Magnolia, Requiem For A Dream etc.

JvH48 I saw this film at Noordelijk Filmfestival 2011 (in Leeuwarden, province of Friesland NL).You'd better be a bit of a masochist when booking this film. Not that anything sadistic or painful in the physical sense is shown, but you get several awkward moments presented on the screen, that are not pleasant to see. Each is kept short, luckily, as some would be unbearable otherwise. No blood, no horror, just embarrassing. On the other hand, the uncomfortable scenes can better not be left out, as that would have devoured the film from its core.Beautifully engineered script that succeeds in tying these scenes together, though everyone in his right mind will maintain how statistically improbable it is that these four main characters eventually have a Christmas dinner together. The looks exchanged when these four meet in the final scene, conspiring to hide that they met before in completely different circumstances, are priceless.All in all, in spite of the awkward (albeit short) moments, I could do nothing else than giving the maximum score for the audience award when leaving the theater. Don't let my choice of words frighten you, and don't let it withhold you from seeing this film.

Peter Brandt "Smukke mennesker" is being cited as the box office bomb of the year in Danish cinemas, but I was captivated by it. Its multiple story lines of connected characters and its somewhat bleak and depraved point of view have critics throwing up comparisons to this and that source of inspiration, but I found the characters and the themes of sexual identity engaging on their own.I was particularly impressed by Sebastian Jessen in arguably the leading role as the attractive, even beautiful young man who seems to decide to spend his youth on his own, away from parents or obligations, selling sexual favours with little discrimination, but not without empathy. Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt is equally daring as a school teacher who chases some kind of physical fulfillment after losing a breast to cancer surgery. Bodil Jørgensen ('Idioterne') comically retires from the company where the young boss doesn't know anything about her, then loses her husband on the same day and has absolutely nothing to do. Henrik Prip, who I have never before considered an interesting actor, makes his woman-abusing, self-hating, therapist-seeking character seem almost likable. The supporting cast make excellent contributions.There are numerous surprising or poignant or plain funny moments, some of them cringeworthy like the meeting of the young man with the old widow - on her couch. The characters, flawed as they are, made me care. I could have done without the chapter headings, which gave the proceedings a pompous edge and seemed to slow down an otherwise well-edited film. The ending presents an absurdly coincidental chance meeting, but I was happy to see the story go there.

ssesben I am a devoted fan of the danish about-movies program 'Premiere'. Mikkel Munch-Fals, former host of the program, has made his first film: "Smukke Mennesker" With the directly converted English tittle: "Beautiful people". My family and I went to the cinema to watch this on the premiere. Disappointing to see that we, four people, were half of the audience. What a shame! We enjoyed the picture, it had good acting, was well directed and photographed. Mikkel Munch-Fals has written himself a nice script. Four persons, all in someway strange, encounters each other. This leads to uncomfortable situations, those are at times grotesque. That said, there is also many funny moments through-out. Mikkel creates some breathtaking feelings. It also catches emotions pretty good. I walked out of the cinema with the feeling of having watched something quite extraordinary for a danish movie. If only it had a bigger audience.I suggest you go see it, if you like twisted drama's. Interesting debut. I certainly hope there is more to come!