Der er en yndig mand

Hey, this was not a bad movie. I just don't think it deserved an Oscar... I have seen many Danish shorts that were better than this one. It is a feel-good film, but it just isn't very deep, it's actually boring at places, and the whole idea is a little silly...

It's not a complete waste of time, but I've definately seen better!

This film is about a case of mistaken identity as a man in Denmark pretends to be a muslim in order to be close to a girl he likes. While having some interesting things to say about prejudice and the state of life in denmark, the film is a tad longish and the lead actor lacks charisma. GRADE: C+

This is movie gives a very precise picture of the danish culture. The main character is El Hassan/ Lars Hansen. There is a mixup on the jobagency so they mistaken him for a foreigner. Then he meets a girls who he falls in love in and she teach danish to foreigners. It is then he takes his new character of El Hassan. All these comes out to an outstanding and funny movie.

I was kind of let down by this short, since it won the Oscars and all. I xpected more. But it's actually an okay short, technically well done and sometimes rather amusing. But the story is too slight, and the humour, while being nicely subdued and gentle throughout, is not consistently funny enough throughout. But it's biggest problem is it's subject matter (which ironically is the REASON it won the Oscar) Film is PC moralizing in a manner that has been done to death here in Denmark. "respect your fellow man, even though he is an immigrant", "don't be a racist pig" etc., etc. This is all very fine, but I and pretty much anyone I know, don't need to be taught that. And I doubt a single racist bigot would change his mind after seeing this movie. It doesn't exactly give any real new insight into anything really.

But all in all, it is a well-crafted, rather amusing short, but don't expect Oscar material. But then again, "A Beautiful Mind" won the gong even though it was the least deserving in the pack.

I was glad to have a chance to see what turned out to be the Oscar-winner for short subject. Here in the U.S. we may forget that other countries also experience immigration in ways unique to each receiving country. The confusion over the names was funny and believable, and the bureaucratic maze in which the protagonist found himself is apparently universal! The teacher's empathy for her language students was explained, in a non-dogmatic way, by her own background as a "peasant" and the discrimination she suffered. I cheered when it won the Oscar--unfortunately, none of my friends had seen it and probably never will, because of the limited availability of these short films!