Overview
A bank clerk's ordinary life spirals into chaos after a chance encounter with a robber leads to an unexpected heist.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- witty
- sardonic
- irreverent
- cult movie night
- dark comedy night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a sharp, eccentric Danish black comedy that combines Nordic coolness with energetic crime plotting.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Arvid's attempt to help Franz's wife expands from a bank confrontation into theft, bloodshed, and criminal entanglement.
Arvid turns to his brother Harald for help, making their sibling relationship the engine of the robbery plot.
The eccentric criminals, bleak comic timing, and deliberately cold Danish atmosphere distinguish the film's crime caper.
Arvid begins as a conventional bank clerk and enters the criminal underworld after knocking out Franz with a squash racket.
Films like In China They Eat Dogs, and why
Snatch
darkly comic crime caper combining eccentric criminals, escalating violence, and brisk action
Flickering Lights
deadpan criminal absurdity, stylized violence, and tightly interlocking black-comedy plotting
The Green Butchers
Nordic crime comedy built around dysfunctional criminals, absurd setbacks, and bleak humor
Movie Details
- Director
- Lasse Spang Olsen
- Release Date
- 1999-09-10
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (309)
Cast
- Kim Bodnia
- Dejan Čukić
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas
- Tomas Villum Jensen
- Peter Gantzler
- Trine Dyrholm
- Line Kruse
- Brian Patterson
- Søren Sætter-Lassen
- Lester Wiese
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Viaplay Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is In China They Eat Dogs about?
- A mild-mannered Danish bank clerk becomes trapped in a wildly escalating criminal scheme after one impulsive act of heroism.
- What is In China They Eat Dogs like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In China They Eat Dogs as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is In China They Eat Dogs violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in In China They Eat Dogs as graphic.
- What did critics think of In China They Eat Dogs?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a sharp, eccentric Danish black comedy that combines Nordic coolness with energetic crime plotting.
- Which films are like In China They Eat Dogs?
- Films with a similar feel include Snatch, Flickering Lights, and The Green Butchers.
- How long is In China They Eat Dogs?
- In China They Eat Dogs runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch In China They Eat Dogs?
- In United States, In China They Eat Dogs streams on Viaplay Amazon Channel.
