Den skaldede frisør (Love Is All You Need)
2012
****
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Paprika Steen, Sebastian Jessen, Molly Blixt Egelind, Christiane Schaumburg-Müller, Micky Skeel Hansen
Just when Ida has finished her breast cancer treatment, she walks in on her cheating husband Leif. With her life is turmoil, she travels to Italy to her daughter's wedding, where her gentle and eternally optimistic personality begins to work its magic on the groom's disgruntled widower dad Philip. On the surface, this Danish romantic comedy is pretty much as predictable and formulaic as its Hollywood counterparts, but it charmed me with its believable grown-up love story. The characters are human with warts and all, and the script tackles various real-life issues without prejudice, which give the film added credibility. The exception to this is Leif, who is sadly just a plot device rather than a person Ida could have spent 20 years with. Trine Dyrholm and Pierce Brosnan are both excellent.
