The Art of Crying
2007 · 1h 46m · Drama
The wildly divergent scores here tell you everything: critics hated it, audiences found something worth watching. That IMDb score suggests there's real emotional weight beneath the bleak premise, but the 40% RT warns this is heavy, potentially exploitative kid-in-crisis territory. Skip it unless you're specifically hunting for dark, challenging European drama—otherwise your evening will feel like homework.
Plot
Life is not easy for 11-year-old Allan living in South Jutland during the early 1970s. His mentally unstable father frequently threatens suicide and his mother has long since given up. It's up to Allan to keep the family together. When a rival family threatens his father's livelihood, Allan starts committing atrocious acts.
