Almost Perfect

Nikolaj Lie Kaas est un acteur doué et polyvalent. Peut-être est-il favorisé par le fait qu’il n’y ait que trois ou quatre autres grandes pointures qui lui font face dans le cinéma danois ? En tout cas, cette joyeuse comédie à la thématique bien exploitable et aux nombreux clichés a suscité l’hilarité générale dans la salle du cinéma Lucerna. Et ça m’a d’ailleurs frappé, parce que j’ai souvent l’impression subjective que les gens rient moins fort que ce qu’ils devraient et, ici, c’était le contraire ! Il y avait même un groupe de dix, peut-être vingt personnes qui n’arrivaient plus à s’arrêter de rire. Dieu sait si c’est bien Kaas qui les faisait se tordre à ce point ou s’ils n’avaient pas pris quelque chose… (21/11/2013)

It's a pretty out-there movie about a woman who wants a child but doesn't have a partner, so she undergoes artificial insemination. However, she starts to wonder about the donor and, in her search, encounters a scoundrel she unexpectedly falls in love with. Nikolaj Lie Kaas convinced me in just ninety minutes that he might have comedy in his blood, the way he brilliantly portrayed the potential father. And until now, I could hardly imagine him as anything other than a brooding and grumpy cop. Lene Maria Christensen in the lead role was also good. They were a bit of a mismatched pair, but opposites attract, and this was doubly true here. I was entertained for almost the entire duration, and that's what I value most in comedies. (19/03/2020)

The Scandinavians decided to tackle a traditional entertaining theme, which – if approached in the right way – cannot fail. The only thing that is a pity is that Nikolaj Lie Kass’ character in this one is so terribly unbalanced because otherwise the movie would have been the true bomb. The actresses in this one are incredibly beautiful and they are headed by the most beautiful one of them all – Lene Maria Christensen. However, Nikolaj decided to approach it as a bad ass, so at one moment his character looks like he couldn’t count to five, and at the next one he behaves like an introvert nuclear physicist. It’s been a long time since my sympathies for the protagonist wavered so hard according to his irrational behavior. (26/02/2019)