Men & Chicken
2015 · Movie · 104 min · ★ 6.5 · 74% critics
After learning they were adopted, two socially awkward brothers travel to a remote island to track down their biological family. What they find is a crumbling mansion, strange house rules, roaming animals, and a group of volatile relatives whose darkly funny dysfunction hints at a disturbing family secret.
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Details
- Original title
- Mænd & høns
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-02-05
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (253 votes)
About
If you enjoy surreal, pitch-black comedies with grotesque situations, uneasy laughs, and a strange family mystery, this could hit the spot, especially if you liked Adam's Apples; Not for you if you want clean, comforting humor or minimal shock value.
Pros: pitch-black, twisted humor; bizarre family mystery; memorable oddball characters | Cons: gross-out moments; violent, taboo themes; comedy may not land
Themes
- dark comedy
Awards & recognition
- IFFR audience award · 2016 · nominated
Cast & crew
Mads Mikkelsen
as Elias
David Dencik
as Gabriel
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
as Gregor
Søren Malling
as Franz
Nicolas Bro
as Josef
Ole Thestrup
as Flemming Abbott
Bodil Jørgensen
as Ellen Abbott
Kirsten Lehfeldt
as Ingrid Abbott
Lisbet Dahl
as Susan
Rikke Louise Andersson
as Sara
Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen