3 Paws
Seen recently at the Dundee Theatre (still musty, still awaiting its promised renovation)
This one's got everything you could ever want in a period drama - killer costumes, compelling characters and smoldering passions, plus a little insanity thrown in for good measure.
I never paid a whole lot of attention to the Age of Enlightenment when I was in school, but it must have been one wacky time, particularly if you were on the throne. Mads Mikkelsen, the physician hired to "manage" the mad king, pulls you in with his other-worldly appearance and then smacks you upside the head with his acting chops. He alone is worth the ticket price. But it's Mikkel Boe Folsgaard's performance as the mentally unbalanced Christian VII that gives the film its depth - I went from despising him to understanding him in 137 minutes.
It's nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, and it's worth the subtitles.
Bonus Bones: 5
This one has a royal dog, the much-beloved pet of the troubled king (it's easier for some of us to relate to animals as opposed to humans), as well as a few others that appear in crowd shots.
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