The Danish Girl

Name: The Danish Girl
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-11-27
Duration: 119 min

Find the courage to be yourself.

20151h 59mcritics 7.5/10

Drama

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.

starring Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw

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Read from 112 comments (64 from Reddit, 45 from Metacritic, 3 from TMDB reviews) — 21 of them described how it moves.

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Reddit42 read

“something about it felt off, maybe the pacing?”
ScubaSteve1219▲ 49about 0–100% inread it ↗
“their relationship in the first act was so honest and real”
seelyn▲ 17about 0–33% inread it ↗
“I kept waiting for things to change and when it didn't happen, it left me feeling unfulfilled”
seelyn▲ 17about 50–100% inread it ↗
“Her and Eddie's chemistry was through the roof during the opening scenes.”
▲ 15about 0–15% inread it ↗

Metacritic15 read

“the film portrays Einar’s transition and Gerde’s acceptance as a dull one, there are no real revelations, nothing exciting about the story”
Timbarosabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“a concisely told and emotionally complex true story”
foxgroveabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“The inner sexuality's origin, creation and wielding of it is covered up in the first act with innocence and suave tone building up the essence of what dreadful events are about to come on the rest of the feature”
amheretojudgeabout 0–33% inread it ↗
“its slightly dragged out”
BarneyOnMTabout 0–100% inread it ↗

TMDB3 read

“**Highly militant, a more neutral film would have been better.** This is a difficult film to comment on. On the one hand, and speaking exclusively from a technical point of view, it is a really good and well-made film. On the other hand, I have many questions and points of disagreement that prevent me from really approving it. And the reader better be ready to disagree healthily with what I write, because I'm not used to hiding what I think, or amputating my opinions under the guillotine of p”
Filipe Manuel Netoread it ↗
“"You helped bring Lili to life, but she was always there." _The Danish Girl_ certainly took a long time getting to the big screen. The script went through dozens of iterations after David Ebershoff’s book was first was optioned. The cast changed numerous times. Directors passed it back and forth. Finally, after fifteen years of floating around, Tom Hooper’s film was released. And while the lead performances were brilliant, the film itself felt a bit flat. And weirdly, this seems to be somethi”
SodaCreekFilmread it ↗
“> An important biopic, but not inspiring. Before this film hitting the screens, I remember many experts were expecting it doing well at the Oscars. Now it's got 4 Oscar nods, even though it is very sad the movie is a hit and miss. A slipped away opportunity, had a great storyline, but the outcome was decent. An important historical biopic, at least for a certain section of the audience. I respect that, but it did not impress me as I anticipated. From the Academy Award winning director for ”
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