Another Round

12/18/20201h 57m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ What is youth? A dream. What is love? The content of the dream. ~

Overview:

Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.

Director:

Thomas Vinterberg

Status:

Released

Language:

Danish

Buget:

$5,150,000.00

Revenue:

$21,700,000.00

Key words:

friendship
experiment
copenhagen, denmark
alcohol
melancholy
alcoholism
family relationships
teacher
drunk
teacher student relationship
intoxication
social pressure
pressure to perform
wistful
hilarious

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen

~ as ~

Martin

Thomas Bo Larsen

~ as ~

Tommy

Magnus Millang

~ as ~

Nikolaj

Lars Ranthe

~ as ~

Peter

Maria Bonnevie

~ as ~

Anika

Helene Reingaard Neumann

~ as ~

Amalie

Susse Wold

~ as ~

Rektor

Magnus Sjørup

~ as ~

Jonas

Silas Cornelius Van

~ as ~

Kasper

Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt

~ as ~

Sebastian

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Reviews (3)

SWITCH.
Written 4 year(s) ago
8
'Another Round' reminds us not to ignore our youthful dreams and encourages us to soar. A supremely charming effort by Thomas Vinterberg, I weep for the inevitable American remake that reunites the cast of 'Old School' or 'Tag' or something.
- Jake Watt
Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-another-round-what-a-beautiful-beautiful-ride
CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
As a 50-something man who worked in television for thirty-odd years, I wondered what all the fuss was about. So these gents have only just discovered what we've all known for aeons - a modicum of alcohol, administered responsibly and frequently enhances cerebral efficiency. No S**t Sherlock... Well, in this case these Danish teachers decide that their careers - and lives in general - are in need of a little pepping up, so they embark on an ostensibly "scientific" programme to measure enhanced (?) performance against increased blood alcohol levels. What ensues is a thoroughly enjoyable watch with a truly on-form Mads Mikkelsen and his colleagues pushing their new found challenge to the limits - challenging and compromising just about every relationship - both personal and professional - in their search for an improved life/career. As with most successful drama, the effects of their frankly reckless behaviour are exaggerated from time to time and the underlying dangers of their new-found philiopsphy are not ignored (well, not entirely, anyway) but this is essentially a feel good film that does touch on the effects of alcoholism and of addiction more generally, but is still a jolly enjoyable watch that allowed me to (s)wallow in a pre-kale smoothie nostalgia that facilitated a collegiate and collaborative way of working that has now, largely, gone the way of the dodo or zoom. I am certain that many in the medical profession will have many, many good reasons why this film may be irresponsible or guilty of glorifying alcohol, but it worked for me - and I think the last few scenes on the harbour are as joyous a piece of cinema as I've seen in a very long while. Skol!!
r96sk
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
'Another Round' is good.

The plot is a little predictable and its message ends up being pretty standard, with it very much being the performances that elevate this flick up for me. I found the characters cringey a few times as they act like teenagers rather than fully grown adults around alcohol, though I can appreciate what the film was going for. What wasn't cringe, however, was Mads' dancing - chapeau!

I've watched a lot of Mads Mikkelsen and a fair bit of Thomas Bo Larsen lately and found them to be highly reliable performers and here is thankfully no different, I really enjoyed them as actors throughout this 2020 release. The others merit props too, namely Magnus Millang and Lars Ranthe.