Fresh
Stengarde gives an arresting performance as a mentally unstable woman.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Kira's Reason: A Love Story
2001 · 1h 33m · Not Rated
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Ole Christian Madsen
Overview
Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?
Director and cast
- Ole Christian Madsen Director
- Stine Stengade as Kira
- Lars Mikkelsen as Mads
- Sven Wollter as Kira's father
- Peaches Latrice Petersen as Kay
- Camilla Bendix as Charlotte
- Lotte Bergstrøm as Michelle
- Thomas W. Gabrielsson as Gustav
- Ronnie Lorenzen as Mikkel
- Oliver Appelt Nielsen as Julius
- Klaus Pagh as Mads' boss
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film never particularly achieves any depth or resonance and ultimately comes across as a series of wacky, albeit rather disturbing episodes.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
Despite Kira's Reason's chamber-drama focus, it never achieves [Madsen's] first film's intimacy.
Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
Fresh
In Stine Stengade's intensely engaging performance, Kira is always one step away from the abyss, although, without apparent effort, she manages to hang on.
Marta Barber, Miami Herald
Rotten
Tying up the psychological loose ends of a movie that promised so much more, the trite ending subscribes to the bogus therapeutic notion that one good cry and a confession of vulnerability can wipe away a lifetime of repression.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
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