Love Is All You Need (2013)

Chick Flick Alert! "Den skaldede frisør" (English captions) is a Danish film about a hairdresser who has been fighting breast cancer. After a partial mastectomy and chemo, she gets the all-clear, but comes home only to discover her husband having a fling with a co-worker. Problem is, next week they are flying from Denmark to Italy for their daughter's wedding. Of course Dean Martin's "That's Amore" underscores the opening credits.

Writer Suzanne Bier ("After the Wedding" terrific by the way!) directed this award-winning romance that features:

* Trine Dyrholm ("The Royal Affair") is Ida, the bald hairdresser (nice wig though) who has to confront one serious upset after another. She's the mother of the bride.

* Pierce Brosnan ("The Ghost Writer") is Philip, a highly successful international trader of fresh fruits and vegetables. It's his Italian villa where the wedding party convenes. He's the widowed father of the groom.

* Sebastian Jessen ("Almost Perfect") is Patrick, the groom...but he's starting to wonder....

* Molly Blixt Egelind ("Rebounce") is Astrid, the bride. The groom's wondering is making her start to wonder...

* Paprika Steen ("Keep the Lights On") is Benedikte, the worst sister-in-law EVER!

Things get off to a bad start when the mother of the bride backs her car into the father of the groom's car at the airport in Copenhagen. Then they are on the same flight but HER luggage gets lost. Finally, her wandering husband brings along his new sweetheart to Italy because she missed her flight back to Denmark. (She introduces herself as his "fiancée.")

I'll bet you have it all figured out, don't you? Well, you don't. I love it when things become unpredictable, and they do! Expect no sweaty bodies, gunshots, vehicular mayhem or blowie uppie stuff. In fact the biggest villain is that philandering husband.

BTW, Brosnan just gets more appealing as the years go by. He's far better now than when he was 'Bond'ing with the world. Yum! Amazon will notify me when the DVD is available.

and it's a 3/12 star charmer. Won't repeat details, thanks to the Jay B Lane review. Just want to add that the scenery (Sorrento, Italy) is gorgeous! Saw it on a cold, gloomy day in June, and it was a day brightener. The mix of Danish and English languages seemed very natural to me. The actors stirred the pot of emotions nicely, and oh, that sister-in-law! The movie had lots of little "moments," and the kinds of relationship messes that humans tend to create for themselves. Glad I went to Sorrento with Pierce and the gang.

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I saw this movie at a screening and was able to speak with Pierce and Trine. It is a delightful story with one of the bravest performances I have ever witnessed from Trine Dyrholm. Yes, it's quiet and simple but it's ever so honest and beautiful. I have deep affection for both Denmark and Italy so this was a love letter for me, personally.

FYI: Trine shaved her head for this so the scenes of her hair regrowth would be real. There is an even braver choice she made in this film. Trine is truly wonderful and I will be looking for any work that she does in the future. The rest of the cast was spot on and that adds up to brilliant direction by Susanne Bier.

I am so thrilled to have found the DVD for sale.

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How odd that this film is only available with Italian subtitles this summer-- even in Denmark (Susanne Bier's film)?? We have seen it at festivals with English subtitles and it was released months ago in Canada and Europe--why will it not be available until fall except with Italian subtitles????

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This Italian-issued DVD is useless for English-speaking viewers. Much of the film is in Danish and Italian, and there are no English subtitles for these sequences. The only subtitles there are in Italian, and they are forced (unremovable), so the entire film is visually marred. A very unpleasant, disappointing experience--why don't sellers inform us up front about these shortcomings?