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Shake It All About

2001 · 98 min

A warm, bittersweet romantic comedy about messy love and impossible choices, with a light touch and emotional honesty.

Directed by
Hella Joof
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Mads Mikkelsen, Troels Lyby, Charlotte Munck
Overview
Jacob is a young man used to getting everything he wants. For several years, he has been living in a happy homosexual partnership with Jørgen, and one night Jacob decides to pop the big question to Jørgen. Jørgen happily accepts Jacobs marriage proposal, but then something happens: Jacob falls in love with a girl, and not just any girl. The girl is Caroline, married to Jørgens younger brother Tom.

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Directed by
Hella Joof
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Mads Mikkelsen, Troels Lyby, Charlotte Munck
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • family
  • sexuality
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Hella Joof
Written by
Hella Joof, Klaus Bondam
Starring
Mads Mikkelsen, Troels Lyby, Charlotte Munck, Jesper Lohmann, Oscar Walsøe Busch, Peter Frödin, Nikolaj Steen, Ditte Gråbøl
Music
Povl Kristian
Cinematography
Eric Kress
Runtime
98 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish

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