The Green Butchers
Two disgruntled Danish butchers turn a grisly accident into a thriving business, forcing friendship, guilt, and family trauma into the open.
Overview
A darkly comedic tale of two butchers who stumble into success through a series of unfortunate events.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- macabre
- disturbing
- cult movie night
- dark comedy night
What critics said
Critics generally found the film an inventive and entertaining Danish black comedy, with particular praise for its nuanced script and performances.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The butcher shop's success depends on a horrifying accident, while the film maintains an understated comic register.
Svend and Bjarne's new butcher shop thrives only after a hasty decision turns an accident into a supply chain.
The butcher trade, the gruesome car accident, and the handling of human remains link physical death to the film's comic premise.
The small Danish town and its new butcher business provide the contained social world in which the protagonists' choices spiral.
Films like The Green Butchers, and why
Fargo
darkly comic small-town crime, escalating moral absurdity, and macabre business premises
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
black humor, grotesque violence, and stylized treatment of cannibalistic subject matter
Adam's Apples
eccentric Scandinavian comedy combining bleak situations, damaged characters, and deadpan warmth
Movie Details
- Director
- Anders Thomas Jensen
- Release Date
- 2003-03-08
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (359)
Cast
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas
- Mads Mikkelsen
- Line Kruse
- Nicolas Bro
- Aksel Erhardtsen
- Bodil Jørgensen
- Ole Thestrup
- Lily Weiding
- Camilla Bendix
- Tomas Villum Jensen
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Viaplay Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Green Butchers about?
- Two disgruntled Danish butchers turn a grisly accident into a thriving business, forcing friendship, guilt, and family trauma into the open.
- What is The Green Butchers like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Green Butchers as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Green Butchers violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Green Butchers as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Green Butchers?
- Critics generally found the film an inventive and entertaining Danish black comedy, with particular praise for its nuanced script and performances.
- Which films are like The Green Butchers?
- Films with a similar feel include Fargo, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Adam's Apples.
- How long is The Green Butchers?
- The Green Butchers runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Green Butchers?
- In United States, The Green Butchers streams on Viaplay Amazon Channel.
