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THE RED CHAPEL (DET RØDE KAPEL)Movie Reviews
Danish language documentary about a journalist who brings a pair of Danish-Korean comedians to North Korea under the guise of mounting a vaudeville act there. Cast:Mads Brügger, Simon Jul Jørgensen, Jacob NossellDirector:Mads BrüggerRelease Date:December 29, 2010DVD Release:October 4, 2011From:Lorber FilmsLength:1 hr 30 min
OCTOBER 4, 2011
The Red Chapel (Det røde kapel), Good (Not Great) Reviews, Mixed (Doc) Limited
The Red Chapel (Det røde kapel) played in limited release to good not great reviews. Reviews were mixed. • Mark Olsen wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "...uproariously odd... Brügger and his performers are first-world sharpies who come to some exotic backwater and encounter something wholly different..." • And Nick Schager wrote for Slant, "...an audacious stunt with minor rewards..." More Reviews Below...
The Red Chapel (Det røde kapel) Positive Reviews (11 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (6 Reviews)
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: POOR "...sloppy... The question of whether a person can buy into a repressive regime and still retain her humanity hangs over this film but is left unexplored."(See all of Neil Genzlinger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 278 words, 12/29/10
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...uproariously odd... Brügger and his performers are first-world sharpies who come to some exotic backwater and encounter something wholly different..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 298 words, 03/04/11
Kyle Smith, New York Post: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...daredevil irony, a sharp implicit rebuke to 'Borat' and the like.... For boldness of execution as well as vision, the film stands out as a singular, important comedy."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 433 words, 12/29/10
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "A Borat-like performance experiment with considerably higher stakes than anything Sacha Baron Cohen has yet attempted... infectiously funny, gonzo..."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 243 words, 12/29/10
KEY CITIES (2 Reviews)
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: MODERATE(cg) "If 'comedy is the soft spot of all dictatorships,' perhaps they should have found something funnier to aim at that soft spot."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 350 words, 04/02/11
Tom Long, Detroit News: EXCELLENT(cg) "Rarely has comedy been as unnerving... Perhaps that's because it's hard to tell who the joke is on. One thing's for sure, though: North Korea isn't laughing."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 494 words, 03/04/11
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (3 Reviews)
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "A Borat-like performance experiment with considerably higher stakes than anything Sacha Baron Cohen has yet attempted... infectiously funny, gonzo..."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 243 words, 12/29/10
Nick Schager, Slant: MODERATE(cg) "...an audacious stunt with minor rewards, unable as it ultimately is to fully support (or hammer home) its accusations and condemnation of its justly chosen target."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 547 words, 03/12/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: POOR "...sloppy... The question of whether a person can buy into a repressive regime and still retain her humanity hangs over this film but is left unexplored."(See all of Neil Genzlinger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 278 words, 12/29/10
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...uproariously odd... Brügger and his performers are first-world sharpies who come to some exotic backwater and encounter something wholly different..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 298 words, 03/04/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: GOOD "A rare look inside the fortress-like walls of North Korea... a fascinating but less-subversive-than-advertised piece of stunt filmmaking."(See all of Justin Chang's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 658 words, 01/31/10
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD " 'The Red Chapel' gets out of filmmaker Mads Brugger's control, and the thing it becomes is likely far richer than what he had planned."(See all of John DeFore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 447 words, 01/25/10
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...uproariously odd... Brügger and his performers are first-world sharpies who come to some exotic backwater and encounter something wholly different..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 298 words, 03/04/11
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: POOR "...sloppy... The question of whether a person can buy into a repressive regime and still retain her humanity hangs over this film but is left unexplored."(See all of Neil Genzlinger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 278 words, 12/29/10
20.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Red Chapel (Det røde kapel)'s reviews are separated by an average 20.0 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:The Red Chapel (Det røde kapel)'s reviews cover 11.4% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 4,293 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 390 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Red Chapel (Det røde kapel) Coverage, Volume & Length (11 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 11 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Red Chapel (Det røde kapel)'s reviews on average broke 11 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Red Chapel (Det røde kapel)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
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