Love Is All You Need (2012) (original) (raw)

Susanne Bier directs and co-writes this romantic comedy starring Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm. Danish hairdresser and cancer patient Ida (Dyrholm) finishes with chemotherapy and, upon arriving home, finds her husband cheating on her with his youthful colleague. In her vulnerable state she leaves for Italy where her daughter Astrid (Molly Blixt Egelind) is getting married and on the way encounters widower Philip (Brosnan), the estranged father of Astrid's husband-to-be Patrick (Sebastian Jessen). As Ida and Philip get to know one another they each begin to discover a new lease of life.

Susanne Bier directs and co-writes this romantic comedy starring Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm. Danish hairdresser and cancer patient Ida (Dyrholm) finishes with chemotherapy and, upon arriving home, finds her husband cheating on her with his youthful colleague. In her vulnerable state she leaves for Italy where her daughter Astrid (Molly Blixt Egelind) is getting married and on the way encounters widower Philip (Brosnan), the estranged father of Astrid's husband-to-be Patrick (Sebastian Jessen). As Ida and Philip get to know one another they each begin to discover a new lease of life. (less)

Director: Susanne Bier
Writers: Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Paprika Steen, Sebastian Jessen, Molly Blixt Egelind
Producer: Sisse Graum J�rgensen

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Review by Brian Orndorf, May 15, 2013

6 / 10

Danish director Susanne Bier has built a career out of difficult pictures with hard edges, gracefully exploring the limits of vulnerability with a decidedly humane approach, always aware of natural behaviors that have generated some spellbinding cinema (including 2004�s �Brothers�). �Love Is All You Need� is an unnerving step toward mainstream acceptance for the helmer, masterminding an unexpectedly conventional romantic drama that carries a predictability about it that�s a touch deflating. I�m not suggesting the movie is a Kate Hudson rom-com with Katrina and the Waves needle drops, but for e ...read more...

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