Festen

…ett både starkt och spännande drama med djupodlade karaktärer och en drabbande, absurd humor.

Assuming viewers aren't rendered terminally queasy by the cinematography (...) Festen is a fierce dissection of family life.

Vinterberg, cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, and the unflappable cast have created a virtuosic work.

As a piece of storytelling, Festen doesn't need effects to be dazzling.