The Hunt (2013)

Best movie of this year hands down!

the audience applauded

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie. Mads Mikkelsen is a pretty good actor and has shown that with movies like Casino Royale (2006) and A Star Wars Story: Rogue One (2016) unfortunately 'Jagten' doesn't give him much to do expect being all serious and walking around. The film's storyline was very bland and besides Mikkelsen who tries his best the rest of the cast was pretty much forgettable to say the least. This is a drama that will bore people out instead of giving them something like answers. (0/10)

Another european film that's different in so many ways than the average today's movies. It's about humanity, about friendship, alienation and loneliness. Unfortunately, for me the whole cast was unknown, besides the leading role, but they all did a very good job, especially little Klara and her father. The story has a natural flow adding tension with every scene until the climax at the very end. Still, the plot is simple but raises so many questions to each one of us. How would I react to such accusation? How would I react being rejected from the society for a stupid reason and for a crime I did not do? Definitely a very good movie dealing with a sensitive subject!

Very good story, with a plot that is very realistic, yet chilling. I thought the acting was excellent all around. I was explaining the movie to my wife and realized it took me quite a long time to tell the story...and I loved it even more after I was myself telling the story and thinking out loud. Those are the best movies...the ones that sit with you for days after.

This Danish film is superb. The soundtrack is great and not too intrusive. The acting is fascinating (what else do you expect form Mads Mikkelsen?). I really liked the cinematography, though there were a little to many close-ups and too little wide-angles for my taste. The plot and the themes of the film are very well constructed and make for a suspenceful and thoughtful movie. I would definately recommend to watch this film, though you shouldn't expect a light movie.