{"id":21808,"date":"2020-12-17T15:11:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T23:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=21808"},"modified":"2020-12-17T15:11:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T23:11:42","slug":"another-round-is-a-bender-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=21808","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER ROUND is a Bender to Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This film from The Samuel Goldwyn Company is available\nfor digital streaming on December 18th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all enjoy a stiff drink now and again\u2026 and occasionally more often than that. While downing alcohol may not sound like the makings of an exceptional film plot, the new Danish feature Another Round<\/em> aka Druk<\/em> really runs with the concept, focusing on the influence drinking can have (both negative and positive) on the lives of a small group of men. It\u2019s a darkly funny feature boasting a powerful lead performance and plenty to ideas to ponder. If you appreciate foreign-features, then this is one of the year\u2019s best and definitely a title to check out. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Martin (Mads Mikkelsen) is a Copenhagen high school teacher\nwhose life is in a rut. The protagonist and his wife are drifting apart and he\nnow spends his days going through the motions in class and living with a sense\nof unfulfillment. While celebrating a birthday with three co-workers (Thomas Bo\nLarsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe), it is revealed that they are\ngoing through similar problems. One of the men mentions an old theory relayed by\npsychotherapist Finn Sk\u00e5rderud.This figure suggested that productivity,\nhappiness and a sense of freedom can increase with a slightly elevated\nblood-alcohol level.The men decide to test the idea, taking notes as\nthey achieve various states of drunkenness over the following weeks. At first the\ntheory seems to work, but as time passes and the alcohol consumption rises,\ncomplications emerge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Early sections of the film are played for laughs as the men\ntry to hide their experiment from those around them, swigging drinks between\nclasses and seeing the effects of booze on their lessons \u2013 some of which play\nout in unexpected ways. There are plenty of enjoyable moments as they become\nmore uninhibited and honest with the students around them. One of the men who\ncoaches a school team even tries to step in and help a shy young boy, hoping to\nencourage and build the child\u2019s confidence on the soccer field. Obviously, it\u2019s\ninappropriate for adults to be slurring their words around kids on the job or otherwise,\nbut these moments do result in some remarkable scenes of a buzzed man offering a\nsmall timid boy advice on how to fight adversity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s all fascinating to watch and Mikkelsen is particularly\nstrong in an incredibly challenging lead role. For one, it involves being in\nvarious states of inebriation. Viewers see a wild rollercoaster ride as he falls\ndeeper and deeper into his new habit. The movie and character start off with\nMartin in a state of sobriety and ruefulness, before tis slyly comic scenes involving\nthe leads testing their hypothesis. Finally, events turn to serious drama as\nthe drinking leads to embarrassing events and confrontations. It\u2019s a remarkable\nperformance that covers a lot of ground and always feels honest and believable.\nIn fact, the entire cast sell the situation extraordinary well. Thomas\nVinterberg, who also wrote and directed the impressive 2012 Danish drama, The\nHunt<\/em>, deserves a lot of credit in juggling various tones with remarkable ease\nand keeping all the performances in check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As mentioned, things do get grave in the closing act when\nthe binging begins to add even more problems instead of freeing the leads from their\nresponsibilities and personal issues. The movie doesn\u2019t specifically state its message,\nmerely displaying the actions and consequences of a group of men taking part in\na most unusual practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another Round<\/em> is a very memorable international feature\nthat should be given a lot of consideration during awards season. The stellar\nwork of its star effortlessly carries viewers through a wild and unhinged\njourney into drinking. In summation, this unique feature is a bender that doesn\u2019t\nturn into a haze and instead will be well remembered. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This film from The Samuel Goldwyn Company is available for digital streaming on December 18th. We all enjoy a stiff drink now and again\u2026 and occasionally more often than that. While downing alcohol may not sound like the makings of an exceptional film plot, the new Danish feature Another Round aka Druk really runs with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[198,934,1549,1550,1551,1552,3314,5170,5721,6251,6282,6322,7583,7754,12094,12901,12932,22766],"class_list":["post-21808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-198","tag-alcoholism","tag-another-round","tag-another-round-film-review","tag-another-round-movie-review","tag-another-round-review","tag-booze","tag-danish","tag-denmark","tag-drama","tag-drinking","tag-druk","tag-finn-skarderud","tag-foreign-language","tag-lars-ranthe","tag-mads-mikkelsen","tag-magnus-millang","tag-thomas-bo-larsen"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}