Movie Review "Superclasico"

On friday night we finally made our way to the movie theater to see the Danish movie "Superclasico." I am a member of Biografklub Danmark (a 'club' where you pay a small membership fee and then get half price tickets for a selection of movies), and boy had a voucher for a free movie that he recieved for taking a survey at the mall a few weeks ago (a market study survey that included him tasting and evaluating samples of Somersby Alcoholic Apple cider... ).

At the end of the day, we spent 40 dkk for a night out at the movies. Considering the amount of money, it was totally worth it... if I had spent more money I may not have been as happy when I left the theater.

courtesy of  www.kino.dk/Film/S/SU/SuperClasico.aspx

The movie plot was somewhat predictable, and it was set up to be somewhat humoristic/sarcastic/dark humor, but it was at the same time very sad. Christian (Anders Bertelsen) has been left by his wife, Anna (Paprika Steen). He is now along with his 15 year old son and a wine shop that is going out of business. Anna has run off to Buenos Aires and is having a very open affair with a famous Soccer player. She wants a divorce, he is still in love with her, so he packs up his kid and travels to Buenos Aires to win back his wife....

..... hilarity, awkwardness, sex, soccer, and too much wine drinking ensues....

The entire movie was narrated (Mikael Bertelsen), which was odd but I personally thought it worked well to decribe some details of the movie, and at the same time worked well with the tone of the movie (very dry, Danish humor). The film was shot almost (or entirely?) entirely in Argentina, with some really beautiful shots of Buenos Aires. There were some amusing side characters and several small stories and details that really completed the movie. At the same time, here were also some details and characters that were just downright wierd.

Still, in my opinion,  many of the characters were not very well developed over the movie, and the movie seemed to be confused as to whether it was comedy, a drama, a romantic dramedy... or something entirely different.

I would recommend that you see this movie, because it entertained me for 2 hours.... but I would also recommend that you wait until it's out on DVD (or until it premiers on television).