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A Second Chance

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2014 · 1h 43m · N/A Drama, Thriller
Directed by Susanne Bier

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Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple, caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. It all looks very routine – until Andreas finds the couple's infant son, crying in a closet. The usually collected policeman finds himself confronted with his own powerlessness and is shaken to his core. As Andreas slowly loses his grip on justice, it suddenly becomes up to the unruly Simon to restore the balance between right and wrong.

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Unfortunately, the rest of the film, apart from the cast, has precious few redeeming features.

Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter
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There are some admirable, if hard-to-watch, moments here, but the film's thriller tendencies are as half-cocked as its compassion for the struggles of parenthood.

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
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Susanne Bier's latest is too obviously contrived to take its questions about what defines a deserving parent seriously.

Peter Debruge, Variety

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