The Danish Poet

This is a sweet story about a long chain of seemingly random events that eventually led to the birth of the person who wrote the story (though it was read by Liv Ullman). Not surprisingly, there are some touches that... Full review

This is an animated story about "chance" and "coincidence" ruling our lives, something the author apparently believes because it's stated by narrator in the first few sentences of the film that "we are all just seeds floating up there in... Full review

Barely 14 minutes, this is a lovely, animated film short. On the surface it is about a Danish poet who travels to meet someone who inspired him. However, it is really about how small coincidences in our lives determine so... Full review

Over the years, I have watched countless films, ranging from sentimental period pieces to action-packed shoot-em-ups. I've seen the epics, the foreigns, the film noirs, the westerns and the science fictions. I've accumulated opinions and reviewed movies and criticized and... Full review

This is a very cute, very touching, and very loving little animated short. The best thing about it is its simplicity... it reminds me more of those PBS style animations or the Madeleine cartoons from when I was a kid.... Full review

I've seen three of the five shorts nominated for the Oscar and this short is the best of the three I've seen. I'm not at all surprised that it was the winner. Since it would be difficult to discuss this... Full review

I watched the Academy Awards and saw this win, and of course, hadn't heard of it. I stuffed the memory of it in the back of my head and when I finally remembered, finally looked it up online, I was... Full review

I know Susanne Bier and Søren Pilmark were also nominated for an Oscar in 2007 and didn't win, but this movie won instead, making it a good substitute, since the story is about a Dane.The story is about a Danish... Full review

When I saw The Danish Poet, I immediately thought of "My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts" (1999) and I was right, it was done by the same director, Torill Kove. But when the movie was over, I thought that it... Full review

The film deservedly won the Academy Award in 2007. The Danish Poet , a Torill Kove traditionally animated film, is one such simple story, beautifully narrated in the slightly lilting voice of Liv Ullmann and subtitled with delightful little satires, pricks, and bits of humor woven in the story: the dog who found his mate also just because of a funeral, the doctor who gives a whiff of cigar smoke just before advising his patient for some fresh air, or the dog again who finally finds someone who does not kic ... Full Review

The Danish Poet is a 14-minute animated film by Montreal's Torill Kove. (National Film Board of Canada) The U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences pays tribute to Canada's National Film Board Thursday night, in a retrospective that focuses... ... Full Article