Allegro (2005)

Either a person who does not understand any bit from the film, or a person who has a personal antagonism against the director can write that sort of a comment. Sorry, but this is, definitely, not fair...Although the film is indeed has some progressive aspects, it cannot be evaluated as an "Art Cracked." Actually quite down-to earth story, and it is as real as anyone can face with a truth he/she had lost in his/her past as Zetterström is going through within the film.The "poor acting" critique is another issue. It is a part of the symbolism the director is using within film. (I don't want to tell here about the story.)The film is a must, not only for the ones within industry, but for anyone.

I went out from the cinema crying. The movie, as all movies in my opinion, removes inside you what you let be removed... I am only 28, and yet, this movie reminds me of how many memories I want to hide, forget, just because my life is based on "keep on living, keep on acting as you decided, don't turn back, because this is imperfection". I don't think the movie is excellent, but it has a specific message (art is made of passion and passion is made of each one's history) and it knew how to express it, how to deal with this psychological side each one of us has. Also the music, mainly J.S. Bach, is beautiful. This is the kind of movie that I would call "of the moment", maybe you won't remember it in a few months, but it inspires you and lives with you unconsciously as a psycho therapy does.

Don't hesitate: watch this rare Danish movie, it's anything but typical and a delightful twist of standards in the Danish movie trends of today."Allegro" has this unique story that surprises and wants more than just to amuse and please: this script is simply very well written and surely ends up like nothing you've seen before.This film is anything but boring and one of the highest recommended Danish feature films at the time being!Really challenging and far from typical Danish, great acting and many surprising twists.

I have to say that the strength of this movie is it's simplicity. It's beautiful in a very obvious way which really hits you right in the eye. The whole movie has some sort of delicate aura draping it and although the acting, as stated by other reviewers, is not a state of the art, the music and the very beautiful footage makes this a film well worth seeing.The story is not complicated at all. It uses a lot of symbolism and the movie writer is obviously trying to trigger our imagination by jumping in time and place (in the same style as many filmmakers before him such as Spike Jonze and Michael Gondry) trying to make the moral statement of the film looking more complex than it really is.This is a beautiful movie, it has some original touches such as the drawn episode and hopefully you will leave the cinema feeling the same way as I did, with a warm feeling inside and the beautiful music still playing in my ears.