Koko homman pomo (2006)

Koko homman pomo (2006). Koko homman pomo: Directed by Lars von Trier. With Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Benedikt Erlingsson. An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

“Lars von Trieru0026#39;s Danish-language comedy. It never interested me much, though I used to love von Trier (despite always acknowledging his numerous flaws). And it is definitely one of his least good films. If we ever find ourselves looking back at his career in the distant future, this one will not be mentioned much. Itu0026#39;s about an out-of-work actor (Jens Albinus) who is hired by a companyu0026#39;s CEO who is pretending only to be that companyu0026#39;s lead lawyer (Peter Gantzler) to impersonate the mythical, unseen u0026quot;boss of it allu0026quot;. Gantzler plans to sell off the company, as well as his employeeu0026#39;s patents, to an Icelander (played by Children of Natureu0026#39;s director, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson), but he doesnu0026#39;t want to be identified as the guilty party, instead setting up this patsy to take the blame from his crazy co-workers (among whom is Iben Hjejle, whom you may remember from Stephen Frearu0026#39;s High Fidelity). The film is moderately amusing. Though many people seem to think von Trieru0026#39;s oeuvre consists mostly of tragedies, his work is more often darkly comic. The Boss of It All isnu0026#39;t nearly his funniest work. The Kingdom and The Idiots are both funnier, as is arguably Europa. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson actually provides most of the filmu0026#39;s laughs as the thunderous, Dane-hating Icelander, recalling Ernst-Hugo Järegårdu0026#39;s Dane-hating Swede from The Kingdom. But still, The Boss of It All is good, even if it will eventually just be a footnote.”