Review of The Danish Girl (2015) by Moviemitch96 — 29 Dec 2015

Yes I do have to admit that this film was and felt very Oscar-baity, but at the same time it's hard to deny the talent that's put together onscreen. Hot off his best actor Oscar victory, Eddie Redmayne does what anyone who just barely won an Oscar would do, which is to find yet another Oscar-baity role.

Despite this however, I must admit that his performance in this is much more emotionally driven and moving than his performance in The Theory of Everything was. In fact, if I had any say, I'd have had Michael Keaton (who deserved the Oscar for Birdman MUCH more than Redmayne did last year) win for last year instead of Redmayne and then have Redmayne win for this film instead.

Alicia Vikander gives an equally worthy and heartbreaking performance. Overall, the film is made up to look pretty and appealing (mainly to attract Oscars of course), but honestly I found it not quite up to the same level that director Tom Hooper's previous films have been.

I also found it to be a bit more melodramatic and dragged out than I would've liked. However, like I said before, Redmayne and Vikander's talents are enough to the make the film at least somewhat worthwhile.