Terribly Happy

Released Feb 5, 2010

1h 40m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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87%

47 Reviews

Tomatometer

73%

1,000+ Ratings

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Robert (Jakob Cedergren) -- a timid Copenhagen city policeman -- is reassigned to protect and serve in a sleepy town in rural Denmark. But Robert struggles to maintain order in his new jurisdiction, a lawless place where the only rules are those dictated -- and enforced -- by local thug and serial wife-beater Jorgen (Kim Bodnia). As the indifferent townspeople dismiss Robert's laughable attempts at police work, he nurses a fixation with Jorgen's sexpot spouse, Ingerlise (Lene Maria Christensen).

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Critics Consensus

Led by Henrik Ruben Ganz's assured direction, this knotty Danish noir thriller steers audiences into some nicely unexpected territory.

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Rated: 3/5

Nov 16, 2011

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

Lurid and stylish, this 2008 Danish feature plays like a cross between The Postman Always Rings Twice and High Noon, with a dash of Gothic thriller.

Jan 5, 2011

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Alissa Simon

Variety

Entertaining and full of surprising twists, this highly cinematic tale of a Copenhagen policeman working punishment duty in the provinces plays with genre in a manner that can be compared with the Coen brothers or David Lynch.

Jul 6, 2010

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David Harris

Spectrum Culture

Unfortunately it's all so terribly boring and predictable.

Rated: 1.5/5

Oct 16, 2019

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

A film of delicious moral ambiguity and complexity that lures the audience in with its strange and terrible beauty.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 5, 2019

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Rob Thomas

Wisconsin State Journal

"Terribly Happy" is a little light on the plotting, going on narrative autopilot for the last third of the film instead of giving us a few extra turns of the screw for good measure.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 26, 2010

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Ian W

This film is very,very dark. Entertaining though, with a nice twist at the end. I don't think the Skarrild tourist industry will ever recover.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/15/24

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Audience Member

Worse movie I've seen in a while. Boring and ridiculous story, I'm evaluating it so other people don't make the same mistake

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Very good performance.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

stylish, offbeat. but i didn't like it s'much as i expected to.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Stylish but not altogether engaging.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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william s

It eases into a Blood Simplesqe type feel with a few surprises but a rather bumpy first 30 minutes....not a bad overall mystery noir.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Henrik Ruben Genz

Director

Jakob Cedergren

Robert

Kim Bodnia

Jorgen

Lene Maria Christensen

Ingerlise

Lars Brygmann

Dr. Zerleng

Anders Hove

Købmand Moos

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Synopsis

Robert (Jakob Cedergren) -- a timid Copenhagen city policeman -- is reassigned to protect and serve in a sleepy town in rural Denmark. But Robert struggles to maintain order in his new jurisdiction, a lawless place where the only rules are those dictated -- and enforced -- by local thug and serial wife-beater Jorgen (Kim Bodnia). As the indifferent townspeople dismiss Robert's laughable attempts at police work, he nurses a fixation with Jorgen's sexpot spouse, Ingerlise (Lene Maria Christensen).

Director: Henrik Ruben Genz
Screenwriter: Henrik Ruben Genz, Dunja Gry Jensen
Distributor: Oscilloscope Pictures
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: Danish
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 5, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $120.9K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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