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Sydney Morning Herald
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Your country is sinking. This alarming Danish drama asks what you would do
FAMILIES LIKE OURS ★★★★ Denmark is sinking. That's the alarming – and not entirely implausible – premise of this seven-part, Danish-language drama that imagines a new kind of climate refugee for the privileged First World: families, as the title implies, like ours. Conceived by Thomas Vinterberg, whose 2020 black comedy Another Round earned him the honour of becoming the first Danish director to score an Oscar nomination, Families Like Ours premiered at last year's Venice International Film Festival. It's an absorbing pre-apocalyptic study in how an impending national crisis affects people on a macro level. What happens to the relationships within one extended family placed under this kind of existential panic is at once fascinating and disturbing, prompting self-reflection on the hypothetical limit of one's own loyalties when faced with the imminent prospect of survival. The impending doom is signalled up front, with the opening scene flashing forward six months to the Copenhagen docks, where a sea of mostly flaxen-haired people jostle for position on vessels evacuating their homeland, soon to be underwater due to melting ice caps. Following 'Danish due diligence', it is wryly noted, the nation is taking pre-emptive action following the economic collapse of another low-lying country, the Netherlands. So we know full well what is coming when, transported back to the brink of this catastrophe, the whispers begin. Laura (Amaryllis August) and Elias (Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt) embody the tragedy of such a life interruption on the youth. Part of the last graduating class of Gammel Hellerup High School, they are the innocent victims of circumstances beyond their control, of a war with nature they didn't start that is destroying their hopes and dreams at the very moment the world should be their oyster. Theirs is a different time, and their enemy is environmental forces, but there are echoes of similarly cursed sweethearts throughout literature and history, in their connection and optimism, when circumstances could not be more hopeless. Through Laura's uncle, Nikolaj (Esben Smed), a government official married to Henrik (Magnus Millang), a select few in the family are forewarned. Henrik's odious and homophobic brother represents the worst of panicky desperation, his initial response casting him as an early villain. Laura's architect father, Jacob (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), scrambles to secure work in Paris, becoming one of many respected professional Danes suddenly stripped of credentials and confidence. Loading As the inevitable shutdown of the country nears, life goes on as normally as possible. The final summer in Denmark bathes the characters and their homes in a thin light. A young boy with a talent for soccer sees something more in the puddles on the pavement. In line with Vinterberg's commitment to cinematic realism, surreal sequences are restricted to Laura's dreams in soft focus, of Elias, and of water gently flowing across the carpet.
The Age
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Your country is sinking. This alarming Danish drama asks what you would do
FAMILIES LIKE OURS ★★★★ Denmark is sinking. That's the alarming – and not entirely implausible – premise of this seven-part, Danish-language drama that imagines a new kind of climate refugee for the privileged First World: families, as the title implies, like ours. Conceived by Thomas Vinterberg, whose 2020 black comedy Another Round earned him the honour of becoming the first Danish director to score an Oscar nomination, Families Like Ours premiered at last year's Venice International Film Festival. It's an absorbing pre-apocalyptic study in how an impending national crisis affects people on a macro level. What happens to the relationships within one extended family placed under this kind of existential panic is at once fascinating and disturbing, prompting self-reflection on the hypothetical limit of one's own loyalties when faced with the imminent prospect of survival. The impending doom is signalled up front, with the opening scene flashing forward six months to the Copenhagen docks, where a sea of mostly flaxen-haired people jostle for position on vessels evacuating their homeland, soon to be underwater due to melting ice caps. Following 'Danish due diligence', it is wryly noted, the nation is taking pre-emptive action following the economic collapse of another low-lying country, the Netherlands. So we know full well what is coming when, transported back to the brink of this catastrophe, the whispers begin. Laura (Amaryllis August) and Elias (Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt) embody the tragedy of such a life interruption on the youth. Part of the last graduating class of Gammel Hellerup High School, they are the innocent victims of circumstances beyond their control, of a war with nature they didn't start that is destroying their hopes and dreams at the very moment the world should be their oyster. Theirs is a different time, and their enemy is environmental forces, but there are echoes of similarly cursed sweethearts throughout literature and history, in their connection and optimism, when circumstances could not be more hopeless. Through Laura's uncle, Nikolaj (Esben Smed), a government official married to Henrik (Magnus Millang), a select few in the family are forewarned. Henrik's odious and homophobic brother represents the worst of panicky desperation, his initial response casting him as an early villain. Laura's architect father, Jacob (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), scrambles to secure work in Paris, becoming one of many respected professional Danes suddenly stripped of credentials and confidence. Loading As the inevitable shutdown of the country nears, life goes on as normally as possible. The final summer in Denmark bathes the characters and their homes in a thin light. A young boy with a talent for soccer sees something more in the puddles on the pavement. In line with Vinterberg's commitment to cinematic realism, surreal sequences are restricted to Laura's dreams in soft focus, of Elias, and of water gently flowing across the carpet.
New York Times
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Families Like Ours' Review: Emptying Denmark
The mini-series 'Families Like Ours' on Netflix has an attention-grabbing premise: An entire country, Denmark, decides to shut itself down before climate change can do the job for it. Six million Danes start looking for new homes. Relocation plans are drawn up with Scandinavian efficiency, but European neighbors look upon waves of relatively well-off white refugees with the same distaste they show for Africans and Middle Easterners. The seven-episode series is the first from the Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg, known for founding the no-frills Dogme 95 movement with Lars von Trier and, 26 years later, being nominated for a best director Oscar for 'Another Round,' which won best international feature in 2021. The handsomely appointed 'Families Like Ours,' which Vinterberg wrote, with Bo Hr. Hansen, and directed, breaks just about every rule in the Dogme manifesto, as his films have all along. It is a high-class consumer item, deliberate and hushed. It does, however, have something in common with his one true Dogme film, 'The Celebration' from 1998. It subjects an extended Danish family to pressure and traces the fissures of guilt and dependency, the outbreaks of bad behavior and gallantry, that result. 'The Celebration,' released when Vinterberg was 29, did this via transgressive, occasionally puerile black humor; 'Families Like Ours' offers restrained, tasteful domestic drama. The contrast is startling, but the underlying satisfactions are similar. The new series (it premiered Tuesday on Netflix) will be categorized as a climate-change drama, and it is that. The story appears to take place in an unspecified but near future when waters have risen and efforts to hold them back have met with varying success. But the evidence of danger is mostly offscreen; the crisis is suggested through newscasts and ominous puddles. Vinterberg imagines that the climate crisis will arrive not in floods and heat but in bureaucracy and confusion — endless lines, indecipherable rules, arduous journeys, a constant assault on hope. His vision may not be easily dramatic, but it is convincing. (The overall premise is a more difficult sell. Would the Danes, as disciplined and regimented as they might be, really leave their country as obediently as the series portrays? Wouldn't many congregate on high ground and fight to stay? The show's failure to take on that possibility is a problem.) The show is also defined, in part, by the obvious reversal it plays on our expectations for stories about refugees. It is formerly comfortable white people who are standing in the lines, yelling across bank counters and nakedly pleading for handouts and favors. They are shocked by the conditions they face once they make it to Paris or Bucharest. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Tom's Guide
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
Netflix just added a new dystopian drama — and it's already 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
When looking through everything new on Netflix this week, one of the shows that caught my eye was "Families like Ours." This Danish dystopian drama miniseries comes from the mind of Academy Award-nominated director Thomas Vinterberg ("Another Round"), who wrote and directed all seven episodes. The show is set in a near-future Denmark where rising sea levels have caused the Danes to abandon their homeland. But while the impending doom of the story certainly plays a role, the show is more focused on how the mass exodus impacts those forced to leave — and those who choose to stay behind. While the drama series is new to Netflix this week, it debuted at the Venice International Film Festival last year and then first aired in its native Denmark later that same year. That means we already have some critical reviews, and they're so far very positive — a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. So here's everything you need to know about "Families like Ours," and why it needs to be the show you start binge-watching right now. As I already mentioned, "Families Like Ours" is set in a near-future world where rising sea levels force the Danish government to announce a mass evacuation. This decision causes a catastrophic domino effect. Property becomes worthless, which tanks the wealth of the Danish people. Those who still have wealth can sometimes secure their evacuations to the countries of their choosing, but others must take part in a government-funded relocation process that can tear families apart. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. One such family is Laura's (Amaryllis August), whose family is being torn apart as her mother (Paprika Steen) goes to one place, her father (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) to another and her boyfriend, Elías (Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt), goes to yet another location. Now Laura has to choose which path she'll take for herself. There aren't a ton of critics' reviews for "Families like Ours" yet, but those that have come in are all positive, albeit while highlighting some of the show's shortcomings. "Fascinating and infuriating in equal measure and ultimately oddly moving, for all its flaws," wrote Keith Watson for The Telegraph (UK). "'Families Like Ours' pulls you into its emotional slipstream and won't let go." Lucy Mangan had a similarly positive review, with some caveats. "There is much to admire," she wrote. "It doesn't preach, it does have the themes work through the characters instead of the other way round (and has a cast stuffed with Danish heavyweights to help it). But it all feels a bit thin, a bit bloodless – like a thought experiment made flesh rather than a compelling, provocative drama." By all accounts, "Families like Ours" won't suddenly become the next "Adolescence" for Netflix. But it also seems like everyone who has watched it has given it a positive review. Even better, as a seven-part miniseries, you're getting a complete story that you could finish over a week or even on a lazy weekend day. So, yes, go ahead and hit play on this Danish drama next time you log onto the streaming service. It definitely seems to be worth a watch. Stream "Families like Ours" now on Netflix Malcolm has been with Tom's Guide since 2022, and has been covering the latest in streaming shows and movies since 2023. He's not one to shy away from a hot take, including that "John Wick" is one of the four greatest films ever made. Here's what he's been watching lately:
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
10 new and returning Netflix shows to watch this week (June 8-14)
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, BGR may receive an affiliate commission. We share the list of all the shows, movies, and specials coming to Netflix every month, but with as much content as the streaming service releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. We are here to help with a breakdown of all the new and returning shows hitting Netflix this week, from comedies and dramas to reality shows and docuseries. This is two weeks in a row that Netflix has added ten seasons of shows to its streaming service, which is quite an impressive feat. There are plenty of adult dramas and comedies from all over the world, but the kids have new cartoons to watch as well. Today's Top Deals Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Best Ring Video Doorbell deals Memorial Day security camera deals: Reolink's unbeatable sale has prices from $29.98 Parents know that Netflix is the service to beat when its comes to kids shows, and The Creature Cases is just one of the many kid-friendly animated series. The series follows Covert League of Animal Detective Experts (C.L.A.D.E.) agents Sam Snow (a snow leopard) and Kit Casey (a kit fox) as they solve mysteries and go on adventures. Thomas Vinterberg, director of Another Round and The Hunt, debuted his first series at Venice in 2024. Netflix snatched it up, and now, nearly a year later, it's coming to streaming. The series is set in the near future, following a student named Laura (Amaryllis August) as she evacuates Denmark along with everyone else due to rising water levels. 'After a shocking public incident with her husband, a woman living in a world of glitz and gold credit cards loses everything,' Netflix says of this Polish show. 'Forced to start a new life from scratch, she has to face a reality governed by entirely different rules.' This docuseries is about the arrest of four French nationals on a private jet in the Punta Cana airport on March 20, 2013. 700 kg of cocaine was found on board, but the passengers claim they don't know who the luggage belongs to. What's the real story? The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish is the animated sequel series to the original Nickelodeon series, with Cosmo and Wanda interrupting their retirement to be 10-year-old Hazel Wells' new fairy godparents. 10 new episodes hit Netflix this week. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns with his team of secret agents for season 2 of FUBAR, which also introduces Carrie-Anne Moss as the German spy Greta Nelso. 'I don't know if I've ever had so much fun doing a job,' Moss told Netflix's Tudum. 'When the reigning King of Joburg makes an impossible and illogical deal to take over the notorious King of Cape Town's empire, it unleashes a deadly chain of events that not even Mo' Masire can stop…. Or can he!?' says Netflix about this South African crime series. The streamer refers to Rana Naidu as 'Netflix India's breakout series of 2023,' and in the second season of this action drama franchise, Rana the fixer struggles to keep himself and his family safe from the many dangerous people he works with. One of Netflix's most popular reality shows makes its way to Spain, and 10 singles have to give up sex if they want to win €100,000. This latest spinoff joins other international versions of the show in Germany, Mexico, Brazil, and Italy. Just weeks after the 21st season of Grey's Anatomy wrapped up on ABC, Netflix subscribers are going to get the chance to catch up on all of the latest drama at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. And don't worry, it's already been renewed for season 22. Don't Miss: Today's deals: Nintendo Switch games, $5 smart plugs, $150 Vizio soundbar, $100 Beats Pill speaker, more More Top Deals Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2025: Get $2,000+ free See the
