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Simply A Masterpiece

Fantastic!

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This is not the most disturbing film I've ever seen but it ranks right up there, both for the subject matter and the filming style of the cinematographer. I think the point of the jarring jumps and distorted filming angles lends credence to the emotional story of a dysfunctional family coming to terms with events in the past that threaten to bring it down disgracefully. What surprised me was how none of the extended family seemed to be upset by the purported abuse revealed by Christian (Ulrich Thomsen) at his father's sixtieth birthday celebration. You would think some of them would be repulsed, if not by the revelations, then by the sheer insanity of the immediate family in dealing with each other. I mean really, how do you recover from Christian's opening remarks to the gathered guests - "Here's to the man who killed my sister..., a murderer." Talk about being a party pooper.A couple of curiosities in the story. First, Christian's request to his father to select the green or the yellow note. Since it seemed Christian was resolved to deliver the shocking news in any event, my own reaction is that he would have given the same speech either way. Then there was the mysterious posture of the head kitchen chef Kim (Bjarne Henriksen). I felt he was in league with Christian to some extent, but nothing he personally did in the story really bore that out, unless you want to consider his involvement in hiding everyone's keys so they couldn't beat a hasty retreat. To a certain degree, I also thought the waitress staff knew about the Klingenfeldt dirty laundry, and wouldn't be too upset if the truth came out.Aside from the father Helge (Henning Moritzen), the most despicable character here was Christian's brother Michael (Thomas Bo Larsen), who seemed to treat anyone in his orbit with equal disdain and contempt. His forced relations with wife Mette (Helle Dolleris) bordered on violent rape, and in that regard, I had to consider that even if he had been away at college during his father's abusive period with Christian and sister Linda, the suicide victim, his aggression appeared to mask his own abusive past by a father who didn't give much of a damn. It's no wonder that sister Helene (Paprika Steen) gave voice to all of those fears and resentments by stating at one point - "They've always been ghosts in this house."

A dysfunctional upper-class family gathers for the father's 60th birthday. Secrets are revealed and chaos ensues.I understand the attraction of rebelling against Hollywood style blockbusters. Filming in a Blair Witch style doesn't make it good, let alone a masterpiece. The kindest thing I can say about the look of the movie is that the filmmakers are trying to do something different. It's not particularly interesting to me and rather tiresome.The other problem is mostly my fault. I don't know any of the actors. There is character chaos. I can follow most of the leads but it's hard to get involved. It's funny that Michael throws his wife and kids to the side of the road. I lose interest in any of them fairly quickly after that. I don't care about the family or its secrets.

"The Celebration" is a drama movie in which we watch a family gathering in order to celebrate the 60th birthday party of the father. In this celebration everything is going very well but after some time everything change and some unpleasant family truths are revealed. These truths change or ruin the relationships between many people and also give a different perspective on how we see many of those people.I liked this movie because it was very unpredictable and I could not even think what will come up next and that was something that kept me in tense in the whole duration of this movie. I also liked this movie because of the plot that had many swifts and I could not predict anything as I said before. The direction was equally good and made by Thomas Vinterberg. About the interpretations I have to mention the great interpretation which made by Ulrich Thomsen who played as Christian. Another good interpretation made by Thomas Bo Larsen who played as Michael.Finally I have to say that "The Celebration" is a classic drama movie which represents many families which have many secrets between its members. If these secrets come up then change everything and of course in many occasions hurt people.

I watched this brave movie last night and thought it was fantastic in that the subject matter of how the painful realities of growing up in a family like this were brought to light in a creative way. It was brilliant in how this is attained and how important a film like this is for those who are silenced and hold the burden of growing up in these so called families where they are the victims and totally unbelieved when broaching the subject of this type of abuse. This is an important film for the future of humanity and celebrating that the TRUTH will set us free. I thank the writer and producer of the film for touching people in a way where the reality of this abuse is exposed. I also feel it is good film to give to friends and supportive people who are helping a loved one who has survived this and is healing. I admire these low budget films where it isn't about the money to produce it. It creates more of a dynamic and focus of human relations instead of all the props and fantasy. Bravo!