Shake It All About

2001 [DANISH]

Comedy / Drama / Romance

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 54% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 4004 4K

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Plot summary

Jacob is a young man used to getting everything he wants. For several years, he has been living in a happy homosexual partnership with Jørgen, and one night Jacob decides to pop the big question to Jørgen. Jørgen happily accepts Jacobs marriage proposal, but then something happens: Jacob falls in love with a girl, and not just any girl. The girl is Caroline, married to Jørgens younger brother Tom.

Director

Hella Joof Photo
Hella Joof

Top cast

Mads Mikkelsen Photo
Mads Mikkelsen as Jacob
Anders Thomas Jensen Photo
Anders Thomas Jensen as Drunk Customer at Frederik's Bar
Ghita Nørby Photo
Ghita Nørby as Bine
Troels Lyby Photo
Troels Lyby as Jørgen
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895.24 MB
1280*534
Danish 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   dk  
25 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 1
1.79 GB
1920*800
Danish 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   dk  
25 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jangu 5 / 10

Good try, but rather unfunny

The premise is good, the actors excellent and the music score well chosen. It is a really hard try to achieve something really sympathetic. So why does it fail on most levels? The main blame must lie with the script. First, it is not funny! And with a romantic comedy that must be close to a deadly sin. There are a few chuckles, but otherwise nothing. Secondly, the characters are rather badly drawn. I have no doubt that they are meant to be extremely interesting, but their behaviour are absurd most of the time because we never really get to know them properly. We are thrown into the plot head first without any background to who they are and what makes them tick. Like a previous reviewer wrote, this film is filled with supporting characters, including the main protagonists! The female doctor is the only REAL person who manages to make a REAL impression, but she only has about a minute of screen time. As to the actors, they really try, but I am not convinced that they agree which kind of movie they are in. Charlotte Munch seems to think this is some kind of serious relationship drama and responds accordingly, looking troubled in almost every scene. Mikkelsen and Lyby have no chemistry whatsoever together and one wonders what they saw in each other in the first place. The usually excellent Mikkelsen seems unhappy about the whole thing and manages to look bored with BOTH his man and his woman. Lyby is the one actor who comes off the best. He is the most sympathetic in this "comedy" and responds to his plight with some kind of normal reaction. He is sweet guy with a whole lot of emotions and also some sense of humour who really deserves someone better and more focused than the guy Mikkelsen portrays. Other than that we get a gallery of more or less eccentric people who bend over backwards to get a laugh from the audience, but fail at every turn. And then there is the ending!!!! Pleeeease, take it away!! I suppose it's meant to be heartwarming but it only comes across as phony and ridiculous. But it is not hard going despite all my reservations. You can watch it if there is nothing else to do, it will cause you no pain...but nor will it stay in the memory for longer than one minute or so! Loved the score though...
Reviewed by tranngocthanhtu 6 / 10

This film is the worst....but I kinda like it!

What a cringe film, I can't believe it happened , but it really do, the story is unbelieveble, I really really want to punch Jacob, he such a jerk, I hate almost the whole story, but I can't help watching it, It's attracted, fancy, funny... I hate it but I love it too... I am such a mess , just like this film.
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