‘The Guest’ Review: A Superb Trine Dyrholm Adds Unsentimental Value to a Piercing Family Drama

A droll dramedy of bourgeois social awkwardness morphs into a deep-cut tragedy about the effects of a mother’s psychological frailty on her grown-up children, in Danish director Mads Mengel’s impressively uncozy debut feature “The Guest.” Clean-lined and sharp-edged, with David Bauer’s cinematography washed in cool-toned summer light and line-dried under pale Scandinavian skies, the film […]

Jul 8, 2026 - 01:53
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‘The Guest’ Review: A Superb Trine Dyrholm Adds Unsentimental Value to a Piercing Family Drama
A droll dramedy of bourgeois social awkwardness morphs into a deep-cut tragedy about the effects of a mother’s psychological frailty on her grown-up children, in Danish director Mads Mengel’s impressively uncozy debut feature “The Guest.” Clean-lined and sharp-edged, with David Bauer’s cinematography washed in cool-toned summer light and line-dried under pale Scandinavian skies, the film […]

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