Elsker dig for evigt (Open Hearts)

Elsker dig for evigt (Open Hearts) (2002)

  • 96% of critics liked it
    (55 reviews)

  • 88% of users liked it
    (3,656 ratings)

Two people are brought together by a tragic accident in this emotional drama. Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and Cecilie (Sonja Richter) are a couple in Copenhagen who've fallen deeply in love and have made plans to marry. One day, Joachim is severely injured in an auto accident when he's struck by a… More

R, 1 hr. 53 min.
Directed By
Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
Written By
Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Aug 23, 2002 Wide
On DVD
May 17, 2005
Newmarket Films

Critic Reviews

  • Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    A small-scale domestic drama with large-scale feeling.

  • Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

    Open Hearts is far from inaccessible, but it demands a higher level of concentration than most big-budget movies do. The drama exists in a glance or a nod, or in a slight hesitation in speech.

  • C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle

    There is no doubting the heart-rending impact of the story. But because it is made clear from the start that there is no chance of an uplifting ending, viewers may grow restless.

  • Kathy Cano Murillo, Arizona Republic

    Open Hearts is a heart-wrenching soap opera that even The Young and the Restless can't compete with.

  • Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News

    It crackles with chemistry that feels both spontaneous and carefully layered, and, like the best Dogma entries, it takes a potentially sudsy premise and lays it bare until all that's left is the humanity.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Rubia Carolina .


    Late influence of Dogma 95. The Dogma certification in the opening credits had a strange effect on me, as going against the movement itself. Dogma 95 manifesto is very interesting, but it's reflection on contemporary cinema and on film as art and not illusion are not new… More

  • Luke B


    The best of the Dogme films I have seen. The film makes great use of the digital camera work and natural lighting really enthusing the film with a realistic quality rarely seen. It's similar to 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days in its unflinching portrayal of a difficult subject in… More

  • Mark A


    Lives are changed in an instant when a doctor's wife, Marie (Paprika Steen), accidentally runs down Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and he winds up quadraplegic. Marie's husband, Niels (Mads Mikkelson), offers comfort to Joachim's fiance, Cecile (Sonja Richter), which… More

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]"Open Hearts" starts out with Cecilie(Sonja Richter) and Joachim(Nikolaj Lie Kaas) being madly in love with each other and just engaged to be married. But their bliss is interrupted when Joachim is hit by a car driven by Marie(Paprika Steen) and he is… More

  • Daisy M


    I loved the story. It's beautiful, touching, human and above all it's real. The characters are real human beings who need love and comfort and attention and someone who listens to them, take care of them, or just hold them? All the actors delivered excellent performances.… More

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