The plot gets a little lost and sluggish along the way, making the picture’s big picture wobble on an uneven keel, but the first act is absolutely brilliant. Following the opening incident in the ...

Dear H.G. Wells, behold what you have wrought. The frequently gross, Danish transgressive comedy “Men & Chicken,” written and directed by Academy Award winner Anders Thomas Jensen (“The Green Butchers ...

An early scene in “Men & Chicken” shows Mads Mikkelsen, with curly hair and a mustache, in the role of Elias, on an awkward date with a woman he met online. She says she is impressed that Elias made ...

You can’t accuse “Men & Chicken” of false advertising: There are men and there are chickens. After 90 minutes or so of this bizarrely comic Danish parable about our animal natures, you may have ...

It’s not uncommon to see performances in film described with an overemphasis on primacy. That’s what the Internet hype machine is for, of course: embellishing reality. See Eddie Redmayne as you’ve ...

The standard end-credits disclaimer, “No animals were harmed in the making of this film” takes on special significance in the aftermath of “Men & Chicken,” the outrageously askew, darkly comic ...

He works in mysterious ways.

The film is stranger than it sounds in the most delightful way possible, and with Drafthouse Films expanding the comedy throughout the country this month, now is the perfect time to award one lucky ...

In this hilariously weird black comedy, two brothers travel to a remote island to meet their biological father for the first time. There, they encounter their three half siblings, who apparently live ...