Winter Brothers

The characters and story are so inneffective, and the pacing so irritatingly drawn out and tedious, that it quite literally would have been less dull if they were to have actually filmed real miners working for two hours in the same visual style. Ultimately this film is just an excuse to have nice looking images. That is fine, the visuals are nice, but I don't feel as if I gained anything from the film in that regard that could not have been acquired from watching the trailer.

I took it off after thirty minutes, that felt like an hour.

Both the sound, the acting and the story it self suck.

There are so many good Danish movies. Watch one of them Instead.

Negative: Just an approximation, but close to half the movie was headlamp lit views (well, what could be viewed) of a few limestone miners under ground. The other half is them not doing anything but standing above ground looking limestoney in their limestone dust environment, and them not doing much in their prefab housing. Finally, a few minutes allocated to a couple of minor issues of homemade booze, and who gets to have sex w/the only female around. Positive: Good view of a job nobody wants.

Everyone has a little darkness inside, they just may be too boring to know it. While brothers Emil and Johan are accustomed to the constant roar of rock crushing machines, relentless and filthy mining work, bone chilling cold and foul air, they have different coping mechanisms. Johan merely shrugs off the bleakness and monotony. Emil goofs off and routinely slips into a moonshine induced fantasy world revolving around their pretty neighbor Anna, rifle skill training videos and stealing chemicals to make moonshine. As the brothers argue about who has a better grip on reality, unexpected events threaten to loosen the hold that either of them have upon the truth.

This dark, surreal and wacky film alters and toys with our senses and perceptions of reality. Churning machines, explosions and blaring alarms, for instance, remove us from the comfortable cocoon of sounds that we are used to and transport us into an alternate universe. The experience is jolting, yet also enriching. It would make Kafka smile. This is what stories are supposed to do. Film actors are up to the task. While the limited setting gets tedious after a while and the dialogue could be improved, the film is intriguing and refreshing. Seen at the Toronto International Film Festival.

A beautiful film that truly left me speechless! AMAZING