Copenhagen 2014

     William has spent weeks traveling through Europe.  He’s an American who lives in New York but he likes to claim that he is from Canada.  He finds himself at a crossroads in Copenhagen.  This is the birthplace of his father and his grandfather may still live in this city?   William doesn’t have any idea where to start to look for clues and he doesn’t speak the language.  He meets pretty local girl Effy and they work together to try to get information about his grandfather.  Effy believes they should start with the baptismal records.  They may be able to find the church where is grandfather was baptized?   

     The actress playing Effy is actually twenty years old but her character is fourteen years old.  Throughout watching this film I was wondering how Effy could relate to William?  He is so immature and he’s twenty-eight years old??  He can’t have a conversation without swearing and he has very little patience!!!  He’s always looking at women and it is actually leering!!  William needs to man up and Effy needs to remember their time together but also that she will return to her own life.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

98 min, Adventure directed by Mark Raso with Gethin Anthony, Frederikke Dahl Hansen, Sebastian Armesto, Olivia Grant, Baard Owe, Mille Dinesen, Martin Hestbaek, Tamzin Merchant, Preben Ravn, Sebastian Bull Sarning, Gordon Kennedy, Sune Kofoed.

Note:  Amazon 3.9* out of 5* with 103 reviews, Roger Ebert 3*, Rotten Tomatoes 88% critic 81% audience, Metacritc 71 out of 100 with 6 critics user score 8.5 out of 10 with 15 reviews (14 positive, 1 mixed).

Special Note:  Filmed in Skagen Jylland, The Little Mermaid Statue, Trivoli, Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark and Berlin, Germany.  Filming was completed in 24 days.  William is using a pay phone at the beginning of the film and it is a 5-minute walk away to the apartment he is searching for.