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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:31
Rotten:11
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: An intense foreign language noir, Just Another Love Story uses some generic methods to tell its tale of mistaken identity but is sharply entertaining nonetheless.
Synopsis: If the first order of business for any self-respecting film noir is a dead body with a story to tell, Ole Bornedal is quick to oblige. But rest assured that this twisted, visually energized genre... [More]
Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich, Dejan Cukic
Director: Ole Bornedal
You can see this Danish offering as a sardonic update of familiar noir material, or simply as the story of the midlife crisis of a guy who wishes -- or dreams, or dreads -- that he's living out a grand drama. There are pleasures to be had either way.
Just Another Love Story, directed by Ole Bornedal, has a style like play-school Ingmar Bergman.
could have been a perfectly fine B-grade thriller, but Bornedal overestimates his cleverness
A game but chaotic attempt at neo-noir, ferociously acted and directed.
Top CriticA failed film noir about a discontented man who wants something more in his life.
It's good, nasty fun until it gets boxed in by its own contrivances toward the end.
A fast, furious and fun homage to film noir with heart to spare.
Contrived excess is rarely as entertaining as it is in the ironically titled Just Another Love Story, a furiously overheated romantic thriller from Danish writer-helmer Ole Bornedal.
Top CriticBornedal uses some very stylish flourishes that emphasize, rather than engulf, his substance here.
...the type of story that could get very muddled and confusing but, while there are one or two missteps, overall it is a captivating tale of life, love and lies.
Even though it's sometimes contrived, it's utterly gripping.
The best thriller I've seen all year.
Nimbly weaving between mid-life crisis melodrama, noir, comedy, horror, this is Lars von Trier meets Michael Haneke and, in a good way, one of the year's most uncomfortable watches.
A creepy, yet genuine love story
It's interesting that two of the best thrillers of the last several months, Tell No One and Just Another Love Story, have come from Europe.
Top CriticCracking along at a fast pace with a plot full of twists and turns, it's a first-rate thriller and one bound to get the Hollywood remake treatment very soon.
This engrossing Danish thriller is like the 1995 Sandra Bullock vehicle While You Were Sleeping merged with Festen and turned into a film noir.
Ambitious cross-cutting and occasional bursts of strident music hint at psychologically complex parallels and readings that the film fails to deliver.
As Just Another Love Story zigzags between austere realism (the scenes of Jonas and his family) and surreal gore, you have the not unpleasant sense of being taken for a ride.
Top CriticYou are swept along by the confidence of the storytelling even as you accept it might not hold up to close scrutiny.
September 30, 2009:
Marc Webb May Tell Just Another Love Story 
"(500) Days of Summer" director Marc Webb is in talks to make his next feature "Just Another Love Story," a remake of the Danish thriller about "a crime photographer who... More...
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