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Shake It
- Director: Hella Joof
- Writer: Hella Joof; Klaus Bondam
- Producer: Thomas Gammeltoft; Mogens Glad
CGiii Comment
This is Joof's first feature...she landed Mads Mikkelsen for the lead role, that's a coup – he really does have one of cinema’s most interesting faces...and, he can act.
An enjoyable film – let down by some feminine wiles and ridiculous romanticism.
The ridiculous ending spoils it - the dashing knight on his sturdy steed – it doesn’t quite wash.
It’s the same old story – can a woman write a gay man? Direct a gay man?
Erm...with few exceptions – NO.
And...alas, this is no exception.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Jacob is a young man used to getting everything he wants. For several years, he has been living in a happy homosexual partnership with Jørgen, and one night Jacob decides to pop the big question to Jørgen. Jørgen happily accepts Jacobs marriage proposal, but then something happens: Jacob falls in love with a girl, and not just any girl. The girl is Caroline, married to Jørgens younger brother Tom. Jacob's life suddenly gets very complicated, trying to figure out whether he wants to spend his life with Jørgen or Caroline. Most of all, he wants both! When Caroline gets pregnant with Jacob, matters are even more complicated.
Cast & Characters
Mads Mikkelsen as Jacob;
Troels Lyby as Jurgen;
Charlotte Munck as Caroline;
Jesper Lohmann as Tom;
Oskar Walsoe as Oskar;
Peter Frodin as Frederik;
Nikolaj Steen as Mads;
Ditte Grabol as Inge;
Morten Kirkskov as Adrian;
Henning Jensen as Palle;
Pernille Hojmark as Ellen;
Ellen Hillingso as Anne