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42 January 1, 2015
Love in all the wrong places ‘Copenhagen’ just a diversion by Michael J. Casey
W
illiam (Gethin in William and his quest, which he abanAnthony) is 28, loud, dons in favor of more Freudian interests abrasive and generally — that quickly sour when William finds unpleasant to be out that Effy is 14 years old. around. He yells, Though they are separated by 14 swears, leers, drinks too much and thinks years, Effy is mature beyond her years, too little. He is your typical obnoxious while William has the social skills of a American abroad, both to the fine peoteenager. Indeed, if she were his age ple of Demark and to his two traveling (28), he would be 42 and their age gap companions. Yet, maybe this isn’t would seem less so. In fact, for a mainWilliam’s fault. Assholes are not born in stream Hollywood rom-com, that age a vacuum, and it doesn’t take a lot to see difference would be par for the course. that William is a lost boy without a hint Jon Hamm could play William and of a role model to grasp Anna Kendrick could on to. don an accent and ON THE BILL: William’s father play the cute and Copenhagen Jan. 7-10 The Boedecker Theater at skipped out on him effervescent Effy, and The Dairy Center for the Arts when he was a child, no one would be the 2590 Walnut St., Boulder and it left behind a wiser. However, as Check show times & purchase tickets at thedairy.org sizeable hole. After Effy’s lawyers would dear old Dad died, no doubt attest, they William discovered a are not 42 and 28 and letter — written in Danish — with this is not a typical Hollywood fare. an address. William can’t read the letter, Effy is 14 and William is in some seribut he has deduced that it is addressed ous trouble. to his grandfather, who might still be But, Copenhagen isn’t about a living in Copenhagen. With nothing to Lolita-type relationship either. The lose, William sets out to find his only movie comes back around to touch on the idea of William’s absent father figremaining family member. ures in an unfortunate attempt to find With help from a hotel waitress, resolution and profundity, leaving the Effy (Frederikke Dahl Hansen), William tracks down the address, which audience with a conclusion — includturns out to belong to a distant relative. ing a completely unearned final shot — that is decidedly false. There, William finds out that Gramps Copenhagen is a troubled project with was a Danish Nazi, incarcerated for his many problems, but therein lie its merinvolvement in World War II, which its. A lot can be learned from decipherforced him to send his son to America. ing a bad movie, and that is precisely Things aren’t looking up. what we can do at The Boedecker However, none of this amounts to a Theater on Jan. 8 when this reporter hill of beans because Copenhagen will host a talkback discussion following becomes derailed with the appearance, the 7 p.m. screening. and subsequent infatuation, of Effy. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Young and pretty, Effy takes an interest Boulder Weekly