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article2016 Reviews,What if you found out that you are not the person you were born as, but rather meant to be someone completely else. Tom Hooper’s new movie touches upon this problem in The Danish Girl.
Genre: Biography/Drama
Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts,
Ben Whishaw & Amber Heard.
Ben Whishaw & Amber Heard.
Run Time: 119 min.
US Release: 25 December 2015
UK Release: 01 January 2016
German Release: 07 January 2016
The Danish Girl is a biographical romantic-drama, based on the novel of the same title and written by author David Ebershoff. I went to see this movie together with my sister, who showed big interest in the story of this film. Sadly when walking out of the cinema, both of us were left cold and somehow tired out by Hooper’s newest theatrical release.
Last year was a big one for the transgender movement; amongst others we had Caitlyn Jenner introducing herself to the world, the Pentagon planned to lift a ban on US military service by transgender people and the White House hired an openly transgender staff-member. It is no wonder that the entertainment section of the media started picking up on the subject.
Amongst others we obtained several TV shows that covered the matter (Transparent or last years season of South Park), and were also treated with cinematic movies such as Tangerine. This romantic-drama tries to jump on that same wagon and although Coxon’s script and Hooper’s direction makes for a movie that is easy on the eyes, starring two fantastic actors, it still leaves the audience untouched.
The Danish Girl tells the story of 1920’s Danish artists Einar (Redmayne) and Gerda Wegener (Vikander). Einar is a successful and nationally popular landscapist, while his wife is struggling to get the attention she deserves with her portraits. When a female model is late to pose for one of Gerda’s paintings, she asks her husband to stand in for her. Posing as a female sets off a life long identification issue, which Einar can no longer hide from. Renaming himself Lili Elbe, Einar sets out to find her true identity.
By no means is this a bad film, it just lacks the depth that would have made it great and the script is by far the weakest aspect of this movie. While it’s lead actors tried very hard to give good and committed performances, the pencilled story and its depiction fell as flat as a pancake.
Hooper simplified the subject at hand and played it safe to reach the widest possible audience. There is nothing wrong with doing that as long as the story doesn’t suffer and in this case it did, because by holding back it did not delve as deep into the matter as it should have, barely scraping the surface. It also stretched out a few things too long and I wished to have seen Einar’s relationship with Gerda a little longer, before Lili was re-awoken inside of him. As much as it pains me to say it, but in the end Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech & Les Miserables) directed a movie that was rather fit for TV, but not for the big screen!
What I liked about the story was that although it was based on the book by author David Ebershoff, the novel that was very loosely inspired by the lives of both Danish painters, Lucinda Coxon re-wrote the screenplay to be more faithful to the true events. I also thought that the subject was handled very tasteful and although not fully capturing the complexity of the matter, Hooper created a movie that can easily be enjoyed.
Eddie Redmayne gives a marvellous performance as Einar/Lili. Like in The Theory About Everything, he fully emerges into the character he is portraying and displays the pain and emotional struggle of Danish painter Einar Wegener as he is trying to find out who he truly is, while being tortured by what he is.
Alicia Vikander gave another fantastic performance as Wegener's wife Gerda. Einar’s wife is going through emotional turmoil as well, when she figure out that the man she loves and married is not who he truly is. Even though that tears her apart, she still stands by his side, supporting and defending him when society turns against them. Vikander was brilliant at displaying those factors that ultimately draw the character closer to depression.
Cinematographer Danny Cohen and director Hooper created a brilliant and stunning looking movie. The Danish Girl consisted of a variety of scenes that could not be more different, from vast landscapes of the Danish moorland, to the more dead end looking streets of the 1920’s European Copenhagen and Paris. What really impressed me though is how the cinematography and music of this film go hand in hand; the movie would not have been the same with a different theme or another cinematographer.
Alexandre Desplat, who also composed the musical score for The King’s Speech, composed the music for this romantic-drama. The soundtrack is a light but emotionally strong composition and one of the best parts of this movie. I was surprised at how well it mingled with the cinematography.
Make yourself a favour and save your money. If you are eager to see this film, rent it once it is out or buy it on Blu-ray, but it is not truly worth a visit to the theatres. If you feel different about The Danish Girl, be welcome to leave a comment below and if you liked my review, please share it with others. Thank you very much for reading.
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