A heady take on the wartime resistance tale that drags you right into the dismay felt by its heroes.
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03/07/09
Flame & Citron (2008)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:51
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: The true story of the Danish resistance in WW2, though lengthy and sprawling, is gripping and competently made.
Theatrical Release:06-03-2009
Synopsis: In this thriller set in World War II-era Copenhagen, two men put everything on the line in their fight against the Nazis. Bent Faurschou-Hviid, aka Flame (Thure Lindhardt, INTO THE WILD), is young... [More]
Starring: Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind
Director: Ole Christian Madsen
Reviews for Flame & Citron
Top CriticDirector Ole Christian Madsen has opted rather to make a kind of action thriller-meets-film noir hybrid, and yet visually, at least, it works.
03/07/09
Viewers expecting the heroics of Black Book or Female Agents may be surprised at the subdued, procedural pace Madsen opts for.
03/07/09
This is a sprawling but thoroughly absorbing saga that reminds you of the classic French resistance drama Army In The Shadows.
03/07/09
The moral horror and charismatic performances leave a deep impression.
03/07/09
Writer-director Ole Christian Madsen delivers plenty of excitement, but misses the tragic resonance of Jean-Pierre Melville’s recently re-discovered resistance masterpiece Army In The Shadows.
03/06/09
As you'd imagine this is not exactly a laugh a minute, but whilst a little shapeless in places, it manages to engage and inform on many levels.
03/06/09
Top CriticIt’s episodic and lengthy, but on the whole this is a well-sustained and surprisingly understated drama.
03/06/09
Top CriticA polished, dazzlingly photographed tale of Resistance heroes that is curiously devoid of tension.
03/06/09
Top CriticA well-made, satisfying film.
03/06/09
Top CriticNoirer-than-thou wartime drama, which wants terribly to show the movement in a murky light, perhaps explaining the murky lighting.
03/06/09
Top CriticThe film's so stodgy that you quickly lose any interest in the National Socialist-baiting pair, making a long film seem much, much longer.
03/06/09
Impressively directed, sharply written wartime thriller with strong performances from its two leads, though it drags considerably in the middle section and is at least 30 minutes too long.
03/06/09
As you'd imagine this is not exactly a laugh a minute, but whilst a little shapeless in places, it manages to engage and inform on many levels.
03/06/09
Top CriticOle Christian Madsen directs with crisp conviction, however, and strong crescendi. And a truth-based story always helps.
03/06/09
In its depiction of the crucial tests of nerve, and of their rooting-out of traitors, the film recalls L'armée des Ombres, which similarly examines the psychological conflict between killing and the gravitational pull of one's humanity.
03/06/09
The twists and turns of the plot keep you on tenterhooks throughout, even if this competently made film sometimes looks as if it were shot in a Denmark depleted of ordinary citizens.
03/06/09
Some effectively staged action and decent turns ensure this is a solid addition to the growing canon of European-made Second World War films.
03/06/09
Madsen makes the most of his budget, and he keeps pulling his camera back for long, visually sumptuous overhead shots.
11/13/09
A drop-dead gorgeous period noir, rife with paranoia, femmes fatales, and good men inexorably sinking into the bloody mire and opaque texture of life (and death) during wartime.
11/13/09
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