Portland (1996)

ALL 04/19/1996 (da) Crime, Drama 103 Min
  • Release
    04/19/1996
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    47%
  • Original title
    Portland
  • Original language
    da
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

An ever accelerating surrealism towards the end

Overview

The basic story of a young criminal not quite living up to his won ideals of "not to give a damn" sidesteps out of his criminal career while dragging his younger brother into it, could have been interesting. Unfortunately the implementation is simply not good enough. As so often with Danish movies, there is little appreciation for detail thus leaving us with hoodlums talking like they've done time at a business academy rather than a prison. Dialects completely out of here and idiosyncratic bikers without bikes or even character for that matter. An ever accelerating surrealism towards the end doesn't help to clear the slow pace of this film but it does give a glimpse of what the story could have unfolded to become.

  1. Story



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Portland (1996) 103 Min

ALL 04/19/1996 (da)
Crime, Drama
  • Release 04/19/1996
  • Production
  • Original title Portland
  • da
  • Revenue0.00

An ever accelerating surrealism towards the end

Overview

The basic story of a young criminal not quite living up to his won ideals of "not to give a damn" sidesteps out of his criminal career while dragging his younger brother into it, could have been interesting. Unfortunately the implementation is simply not good enough. As so often with Danish movies, there is little appreciation for detail thus leaving us with hoodlums talking like they've done time at a business academy rather than a prison. Dialects completely out of here and idiosyncratic bikers without bikes or even character for that matter. An ever accelerating surrealism towards the end doesn't help to clear the slow pace of this film but it does give a glimpse of what the story could have unfolded to become.

  1. Niels Arden Oplev

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Henrik Fleischer

    Editor

  4. Ib Tardini, Peter Aalbæk Jensen

    Producer