'The Last Viking' Review: Mads Mikkelsen Shines in Anders Thomas Jensen's Eccentric Tonal Blend
By
Guy Lodge
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Summary
A review of Anders Thomas Jensen's film 'The Last Viking,' starring Mads Mikkelsen as a man with dissociative identity disorder who is also a Beatles fan. The review highlights the film's extreme tonal swings between absurdist comedy and darker genre storytelling, noting that Mikkelsen's performance is the best reason to watch. The film is described as an eccentric vehicle that showcases the longtime collaboration between Jensen and Mikkelsen, blending antic comedy with darker narrative elements.
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The directorial efforts of one Anders Thomas Jensen are rarer birds in all senses of the term — usually fusing antic comedy with darker genre storytelling and, most consistently of all, the star presence of Jensen's longtime pal Mads Mikkelsen.
All those elements are present and correct in the pair's latest collaboration 'The Last Viking,' so its extreme tonal swings between absurdist fa
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