Review of Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2001) by Leena L — 26 Sep 2009

This movie is about a manic depressive woman that no one around her (husband, sister, father, people in general) has any clue what she is about or why she does the things she does. If you really want to understand this movie I suggest watching the 1956 "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and consider that everyone in this movie except Kira (Stine Stengade) is actually one of the "Pod People". The swimming pool scene is a case in point. The husband doesn't really like her at all, but sticks with her because the sex is so good (at least when she is manic). I only recommend this film to manic depressives because Pod People just won't get it.

This is a Dogma 95 film. I always initially find the hand-held cameras irritating but I adjust as the film goes on. I do however very much like the natural lighting and the use of music only when it is actually part of the film (listening to radio for example).

Netflix seems to think the film is in Danish - I think there is at least as much Swedish in this film as Danish and there is also some English.

My favorite scene: When Kira wakes up in Malmö after a night of drinking in Copenhagen.