Charmøren

I saw this movie at Dubai Film Festival last year. It got a lot of buzz from the press and audience and all of the screenings where sold out. I managed to get a ticket and have to agree with all the positive reviews. This is a powerful piece of cinema! Intense and touching with great cinematography! I was on the edge of my seat throughout the entire movie! The acting is excellent and the story kept surprising me until the very end! I highly recommend this movie!

Trailer looked good. But it was 2 really long hours. Cannot recommend this movie at all. Waste of time!

One of films who you feel, in intense manner, scene by scene. Supposing, admiring the inspired cinematography, surprised by details, seduced by acting and by the gentle fragility of characters. A delicate portrait of hope, honesty and love. And admirable work of Ardan Esmaili . A film about deep loneliness, about fall of adaptation, a pure poem about life, chances and the need to be only yourself.

I love movies about poverty and Charmoren (The Charmer) nails it when it characterizes its main character - an Iraqi migrant living in Denmark - who is just going by through odd movers and other petty jobs. He is supposed to find a Danish wife in less than two months or else he will be deported, and so begins a funny yet a sad journey with pubs and night bars and parties where the aim is one and only one: find a bachelorette and get her to marry him. Charmoren starts as a sweet film and then just goes heavy on you as the climax unveils itself. The best part is neither the comedy or the desperation that is so beautifully acted out by main guy Ardalan Esmaili but when you get what his character does what he does at the end. It just makes the film so much more powerful and compelling in its art and message. One of the best films I saw at EUFF 2019. TN.

(Watched and reviewed at the 24th European Union Film Festival (EUFF India) in Mumbai.)

The worsts movie I've ever seen. Wow. Don't you waste time on that. I wish I've never seen it.