Love Is All You Need (2012)

I love this movie so much

Simply Perfect

Sadly Over-hyped

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Ida is a Danish woman near the end of her successful chemotherapy treatment. She gets home early and finds her husband Leif having sex with young Thilde. She is in shock when she crashes into Philip Saunders (Pierce Brosnan) at the airport parking. She is on her way to her daughter Astrid's wedding in Italy. Phillip turns out to be the father of Astrid's fiancée Patrick. He is bitter and closed off after the death of his wife. Ida tries to keep the situation secret from Astrid and then Leif shows up at the wedding with Thilde. The wedding includes gay worker Alessandro who has a crush on Patrick, Astrid's injured brother Kenneth returning from the military, Philip's rude flirtatious sister-in-law Benedikte and her bitter suffering daughter.Ida is a compelling character and Trine Dyrholm does a nice job. I like her story. Pierce Brosnan is a bit of a Hollywood distraction but I understand his use. Eventually, I got used to him and their relationship is good romance. There are a lot of crazy relatives going off in that wedding and a couple of them could have less screen time. There's no reason to spend so much time with Benedikte and her daughter. They are one-dimensional comedic side characters. Ida's struggles make this a good romance despite a few too many dramatic developments at the wedding.

Yes, a lot of the more negative reviews are based on the subtitles. And, yes, the whole film is basically subtitled. Although, maybe that wouldn't be so bad if it really was the whole film. In reality, only HALF is subtitled (as Pierce Brosnan only says one line not in his native tongue).It's basically a romantic comedy, so I won't spoil the plot, but if you have ever seen a romantic comedy, you won't be too surprised by the outcome. And, it's all good - in as much as the acting is all excellent and everyone plays their parts well. However, my major gripe was that (besides seeing one of the 'plot twists' coming a mile off) it was a little too long. Maintaining the pace for about two hours is a lot harder than keeping the happy-go-lucky storyline jogging along for just the ninety minutes.If you're into your rom-coms then this should satisfy you well enough. It's just a pity it couldn't be a little more trimmed down (and maybe all in English - if I'm being cynical!).

I liked this film, despite its chick-flick moments. Other reviewers have adequately covered the plot complexities and I agree with the positive reviews. I also agree that the Danish Title should have been kept for the English release. Let's hope that the Danish film industry continues to produce good product like this.The Danish actors in this film are all perfect for their parts. I wish I could say the same for Pierce Brosnan. Don't get me wrong because as he has aged, he makes a perfect bitter middle-aged widower. The Pierce problem is that he can't speak any Danish beyond "thanks" and you're welcome. The movie makes the pretence that he understands Danish but can't or won't speak it. The result is that when Pierce's character interacts with Danish characters, they speak Danish, he speaks English and it looks as if the two aren't interacting at all. Worse than that, Pierce's face goes completely blank as if it's obvious he doesn't really understand Danish. BTW, all the Danish actors can speak English at least passably to unaccented and fluent.While I think that Pierce Brosnan would be perfect for this film if it were set in an English country, he's entirely out of place as an expat industrialist. How can anyone build a successful business without making an effort to speak the language? Successful business relationships are like any relationship. They require patience,understanding and a common language. Maybe their is something I don't understand about Danish pride in their language but I can't help but believe that there must be a middle-aged actor somewhere with the Danish/English skills to really make the Phillip character believable.

This movie was about relationships and how they intertwine into each other. It seemed that a lot of the individuals overlapped into each others relationships. For example, the daughter who was about to get married, and her husband to be, faced overlapping behaviours. And then the father of the potential son in-law started to have feelings for the potential daughter in-laws mother. To me, these are blurred lines. As I can imagine the feelings the daughter and son would have when they find out that their parents were romantically involved. In this story, the blurred lines, seem to be acceptable, because of circumstances, however, boundaries is a factor. Does true love bypass anything else? Does true love transcend the rules that society upholds? Or does an individual have to always stay true to society based boundaries versus following ones own authentic feelings of what is experienced as true love?