The Olsen-bang-movies, some 13-14 in total, are classics; Having a cartoonish, sometimes subtle sometimes overdone, humour than the wide audience, at least in Denmark, will laugh at.
It's about some pathetic small-time criminals - living a low-life bourgouise life - wanting to make it big. The story lines seldom deviate from this; Egon, the leader of the gang, is released from prison, where he has thought out a plan of genius; A meticulously crafted plan, where everything fits like in a swiss-made clockwork. The two sidekicks, The tall and talkative Benny and the shy and fat Kjeld, follow is every direction, but usually make some mistake that puts the whole plan to a downfall. During the film Egon usually bawl the sidekicks out, his favourite terms of abuse being Hængerøvs (wet rags), elendige amatører (miserable amateurs) and the like, and is given multiple chances of stealing the money from the, often, international gangster of the movie.
This particular one is no exception, but now, when Egon is released, the rest of the gang has actually found jobs! A little social realism is introduced explicitly, but not overshadowingly.
The humour is at the center. Characteristic roles of Axel Strøbye, as the Chief detective inspector, the drunken Preben Kaas, and Kjeld's wife Kirsten Walther lifts it up.
A great and fun movie, but of course not more than that
It's about some pathetic small-time criminals - living a low-life bourgouise life - wanting to make it big. The story lines seldom deviate from this; Egon, the leader of the gang, is released from prison, where he has thought out a plan of genius; A meticulously crafted plan, where everything fits like in a swiss-made clockwork. The two sidekicks, The tall and talkative Benny and the shy and fat Kjeld, follow is every direction, but usually make some mistake that puts the whole plan to a downfall. During the film Egon usually bawl the sidekicks out, his favourite terms of abuse being Hængerøvs (wet rags), elendige amatører (miserable amateurs) and the like, and is given multiple chances of stealing the money from the, often, international gangster of the movie.
This particular one is no exception, but now, when Egon is released, the rest of the gang has actually found jobs! A little social realism is introduced explicitly, but not overshadowingly.
The humour is at the center. Characteristic roles of Axel Strøbye, as the Chief detective inspector, the drunken Preben Kaas, and Kjeld's wife Kirsten Walther lifts it up.
A great and fun movie, but of course not more than that