| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

For a comedy, that most culturally-specific of genres, the Danish production travels remarkably well

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 18, 2005

Denmark may not have any Coen brothers, but it does have one Anders Thomas Jensen, and he's more than enough.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 17, 2005

...considering the premise, this is a remarkably accessible little film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 13, 2005

The subject is so grim you may find that you've forgotten to laugh.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 11, 2005

Isn't for all tastes, but it's well worth digging into -- if you've got the stomach for it.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 11, 2005

Gruesome as it may sound, Butchers is a likeable, well-made film and a genuine comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 3, 2005

An obvious and strained effort.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 1, 2005

You might not want to dine with this group, especially if they brought the meat. But it's OK to play with the knives a little.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 28, 2005

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 23, 2005

While it's got a refreshingly dry, nasty tone, the film is never quite as funny as it needs to be.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 21, 2005

It's much ado about mutton.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 21, 2005

A dark comedy whose story is propelled by shock but sustained by issues of love and forgiveness.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 18, 2005

Neither funny nor outrageous nor horrifying nor conventionally affecting.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 14, 2005

You might say it's a case of too many ingredients spoiling the meal.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 7, 2005

Should have been either darker or funnier. Or both.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 7, 2005

Mines the deep vein of flat-out weirdness that runs through an apparently sleepy, picturesque Danish community.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 7, 2005

Nither high flying enough for the art house nor low down enough for the cult-video shelf.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 6, 2005

Great hapless performances by the leads keep things running even when the script decides to turn sentimental, threatening to make mincemeat out of the nasty fun.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 22, 2004

Jensen's tone is admirably dry, and the film offers its pleasures through small, writerly details.

| Dec 10, 2004