With the filmmaking techniques pared to the bone, it is left to the actors to bring the scenes alive - and they do, often brilliantly.

Refreshingly nondogmatic.

The liveliest, most original family values film of the year so far.

An acerbically comic fable.

Curious and effective.

An unusual walk down the aisle.

The brusque realism of Kragh-Jacobsen's style -- his careful suppression of style -- allows a surprising sweetness to emerge.

There are satisfying moments throughout the movie.

Material so utterly conventional that you can predict every plot turn after the first half-hour.

Grows increasingly slack and silly.