The Danish Girl

2.67
    The Danish Girl
    2015

    Synopsis

    When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

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    Cast

    • Eddie RedmayneEinar Wegener / Lili Elbe
    • Alicia VikanderGerda Wegener
    • Matthias SchoenaertsHans Axgil
    • Ben WhishawHenrik Sandahl
    • Sebastian KochDr. Kurt Warnekros
    • Pip TorrensDr. Jens Hexler
    • Nicholas WoodesonDr. Buson
    • Amber HeardUlla
    • Emerald FennellElsa
    • Adrian SchillerRasmussen

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Variety

      There’s no denying that Hooper and screenwriter Lucinda Coxon have delivered a cinematic landmark, one whose classical style all but disguises how controversial its subject matter still remains.
    • 88

      TheWrap

      Director Tom Hooper shakes things up a bit with The Danish Girl, proving that he’s capable of making a movie that’s both steeped in awards-season prestige and in possession of a pulse.
    • 80

      The Telegraph

      [A] beautiful, humane and moving biopic.
    • 75

      Hitfix

      Considering Redmayne’s achievement it’s almost shocking that you can argue Vikander gives the more memorable performance.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      If the movie remains safe, there's no questioning its integrity, or the balance of porcelain vulnerability and strength that Eddie Redmayne brings to the lead role.
    • 67

      The Playlist

      The fact is that both actors are very good, even if trapped in the amber of Hooper's overweeningly tasteful direction.
    • 50

      IndieWire

      The story suffers from a distracting aura of self-importance. Vikander brings a remarkable tenderness to her character (who, in real life, left her husband's side much earlier) but Redmayne's sharp gaze and toothy smile make it virtually impossible to ignore the actorly feat on display.
    • 40

      CineVue

      The Danish Girl is as handsome yet disappointingly flat as a painting on a chocolate box. It should certainly be applauded for bringing to light an unsung hero of the transgenderism, but in its unremitting tastefulness and sentimentality - even a beating has beautiful setting and a lovely bit of blood - it ultimately left this reviewer as cold as a dip in a Danish bog.

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