Rating: 8/10
Summary: William (Gethin Anthony), a childish and destructive twenty-something year old, goes to Copenhagen looking for his estranged father. There he meets young Effy (Frederikke Dahl Hansen) who tags along and helps him on his search, teaching both of them a lesson or two about life.
Copenhagen is a hilarious, emotional, and triumphant film that reflects both youth and growing up in a beautiful way. William is grown man who, frankly, doesn't know how to behave around adults, or how to be one himself. He is immature, cocky, and juvenile, and really has no idea what he's doing. Effy is young, but mature and quick to hide her age and convince people that her birthday is soon so her age
doesn't really matter. Contrasting the two character's Effy wants to grow up for too quickly, and William is trying so hard to remain young and carefree. By the end of the film the two characters learn important lessons from each other--Effy learns it's not good to grow up too quickly and cherishing your childhood is important, whereas William learns there comes a time when we all have to grow up and it's better to go with it rather than fight it.
Gethin Anthony was devilishly charming and free spirited, yet he annoyed the hell out of me at the same time. He somehow managed to remain attractive while I sat there loathing him and his foolish personality and antics. It almost made me uncomfortable to see a grown man acting like an overgrown
eight year old. I happened to notice though, that when he did act like a fool it was when William was put in situations where he felt uncomfortable or lonely in a way. It seemed that, like a child, he would rather get negative attention than no attention. Gethin played the role of William perfectly, allowing the loneliness being his youthful eyes to come out at just the right moment, just enough for me to see how scared that man really was of growing up and facing the world, and how lonely he truly was and how terrifying that seemed to him. The most impressive part William was his ability to at last grow up and let go of the child left in him. In the end he did the right thing for once and refused to destroy anything else in his life. Gethrin was magnetic on screen and his juvenile personality was hilarious, in all he did amazingly.
Frederikke Dahl Hansen did just as well playing the girl who so baldy wanted to grow up. Effy was so insecure about her age and what people would think that she lost herself as she waited to get older. Putting her beside William it was easy to see which one of the two was more grown-up, which was extremely saddening. It was sad to see a girl so desperate to be an adult so she could finally be with a man that wasn't even himself entirely an adult. In the end it was almost a relief to finally see her accepting herself and her age, and the fact that, yes, she would grow up, but it didn't have to be right away.
This film was hilarious, and emotional, and extremely entertaining. The location and setting was incredible and gives off an adventurous and youthful vibe that goes well with the characters and their personalities. The acting is impeccable and the soundtrack is just as good. I highly recommend this film, it is entirely worth a watch. Definitely not a family film, but maybe something to watch with friends, a significant other, or even by yourself if you're up to it. This is a definite B+ movie, and a must see.
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