Review of The Danish Girl (2015) by Nedryerson1 — 25 Jan 2016

The Danish Girl touches a topic that has been arising for decades, but only for the past few years has reached public’s acceptance. Maybe it was the perfect time for release a movie telling the story about transgender, getting people inside the mind of one, experiencing the very little things of life as the protagonist does and becoming part of the changing process.

The problems of the film start when the audience only notices small conflicts in the protagonist, even though his mind was already set; he made a decision that cannot be taken overnight, and that struggling is missing, diminishing the credibility of the plot.

Here is where Einar’s wife becomes so important, because she represents the “common thought” and in her the struggle is strong enough to split up her life, making she debates between what she wants and what is best for her loved one; this brings back reality to our scenario.

The performance of Vikander is awesome transmitting the thing said before, but Redmayne is again superb and really committed to his part. Honorable mention to cinematography and Alexandre Desplat’s soundtrack.