Directed by : Tom Hooper
Written by : Lucinda Coxon
Starring : Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander
Release Date : November 27, 2015
If "The Danish Girl" has any true faults, it's that it adheres to the tried and true formula of a typical semi-biographical story, that tackles a sensitive ideological subject matter. The "based on a true story" premise is interesting and thought provoking, but there just might be some plot points that some people may wish the movie would have gone into more detail. With all that said, I thought the pacing, the story telling, and the visuals, are effective enough, as this movie only serves as a vehicle to highlight how amazing the two lead actors are.
Eddie Redmayne does a fantastic job of playing a person with two different personas, the man that is Einar Wegener, and the woman that he becomes Lili Elbe. Watching Redmayne's journey through this story is fascinating, with the movie smartly focusing on some of his subtle mannerisms to highlight his transformation. As great a job as Redmayne did here though, I have to say that it's Alicia Vikander that completely owns this movie. There's a certain powerful subtlety that Vikander brings to Gerda Wegener. She is the woman who starts out as Einar's happy wife, but soon has to go through the struggle of confusion, anger, and abandonment, into a person who accepts and understands who the Love of her life truly is.
The relationship between Einar/Lili and Gerda has got to be one of the best unconventional Love stories ever put in a movie, and it's really all because of Alicia Vikander. Vikander is remarkably convincing in playing Gerda as someone who is still in love with Lili, as she was with Einar. How much Gerda cares for Lili is the true heart of this story, which makes it all so effectively heartbreaking, and a testament to the power of true love.
It's unfortunate that lots of people will avoid seeing "The Danish Girl" because of it's subject matter, because they are going to miss out on one the best acting performances of 2015.
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