Room 304 (2011) User Reviews

More weak than strong moments

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 2 December 2016]

"Værelse 304" or "Room 304" is a Danish movie from 2011, so this one has its 5th anniversary this year. The director is Birgitte Stærmose and the writer is Kim Fupz Aakeson. Both have worked in the industry for a while, especially the later has had an extremely prolific career in recent years/decades. The only cast member I know here is Trine Dyrholm, but Danish film fans maybe will find more familiar names in the cast list. Looking at how this one won several award and scored more nominations and how experienced most of the people working on it were, I am pretty disappointed with the outcome. The movie runs for slightly under 1.5 hours and for a runtime of almost 90 minutes, it has extremely few memorable moments really. One would be possibly a murder scene, but I will not spoil if he really pulls the trigger. A big part of the film consists of scenes that involve a great deal of erotics, sometimes relationship struggles, but these felt oh so empty and generic to me that at some point I just stopped caring for the characters' fates really. This is of course a negative deal breaker for any movie. According to IMDb, the first language here is German, but this is certainly an error as it is a Danish production in Danish language. You may want to make sure to get a good subtitles if you really decide to watch. But honestly, why would you? There are some great Danish films from the last 20 years, some with focus on crimes for example, but this one nowhere near these. I give it a thumbs-down as the weak/bad easily outweighs the good. Not recommended.

Confusing

[lamont-hard · 7/10 · 10 December 2022]

Boy was this film confusing on my first watch...But after the second time around things began to clear up a bit more.

Spoilers...I realized that Nina wanted not just out from her husband but from her two girls also. This was the reason why she stopped wearing the bracelet her kids made for her. The second clue was when she and her husband discussed in detailed code having one last time as a family when he put 2 and 2 together and realized she was having an affair and wanted out. Her words until they go to bed...Meaning that is when she will leave.

A lot of things were never explored enough. Like did the front desk manager turn the boss in. He gave him the gun. Will the police talk to the stewardess and she tells them he had a gun. Did Kasper tell Nina what he did? There are way more questions than answers making this film an unsolvable jigsaw puzzle. I don't recommend it unless you like slow arthouse stuff.

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[kwinsa7 · 8/10 · 23 April 2012]

I really enjoyed this film. The characters were individually drawn and the suspense was real. I particularly enjoyed Lourdes Faberes performance. She drifted in and out of scenes as the maid she was, in character and I couldn't keep my eyes off her. I felt that she held the story together and that the film was well written. I liked the individual viewpoint of the filmmakers. Got a little confused by one of the female characters. I couldn't figure out who she was married to. But other than that, I enjoyed the feeling of being a tourist in a mysterious hotel.

A well done independent film.