Dark but funny

i'm American but saw this film at the recommendation of some Danish friends.

as i'm a big Hannibal fan (a Fannibal even), Mads Mikkelsen is one of my favorite actors. when i heard he was in this, i had to see it!

it's dark. funny but dark. in America, our black comedy is waaay lighter than this. subjects like rape and molestation aren't usually tossed in because they hover too close to that frightening abyss of realism. we watch films to escape not face the ugliness of the world.

yet, that is what makes film such a cool medium. depending on where it was written and by whom, a movie can offer you a window into the psyche of it's intended audience.

with Adam's Apples as with some of the other Danish films i've seen, there seems to be a fascination with characters that are unrelatable. i mean, who are you supposed to identify with? the insane priest? the neo nazi? the alcoholic rapist? the psychotic gas station robber? the pregnant lady who drinks? the creepy doctor?

your choices are so limited from the onset that you're basically forced to just sit back and watch the mayhem unfold. it's a neat style, a kind of detached third party experience. since you don't have a conventional "hero" each character somehow gets more three dimensional.

great flick.