Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Based on a true story: In 1920s Copenhagen, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) is a landscape artist and his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander) is a portrait artist. When a female model is late to pose for Gerda, she asks Einar to temporarily replace her, partly dressed in women's clothes. This incident re-stimulates Einar's early desires to live as a female.It is also notable that Einar's transition to Lili Elbe is one of the first known transgender incidents in history.I'm sure my fellow movie buffs can recall times when a film was universally acclaimed and we just didn't see what any of the fuss is about. Sometimes, we even disliked the film. For me, the most glaring cases were probably "Lost in Translation" back in 2003 and "Life is Beautiful" in 1997."The Danish Girl" creates that rare situation in the opposite direction: a film that is universally rated as mediocre or disappointing; but one which I found superb. The naysayers at least agree that Redmayne and Vikander are great in their roles. More on that later.I believe that director Tom Hooper (who helped raise "The King's Speech" to such a high level) deserves great credit for elevating the mood in this film to one of intensity mixed with beauty. There is much risk in expressing true identity at a time when the term "transgender" did not even exist. The deeper understanding of artists, among others, is on display with kindness and compassion. The beauty of cities like Copenhagen, Paris, and Dresden (with exquisite set designs, cinematography, and music) all contribute to keep the aesthetics of this film at the highest level.But it truly is the acting that makes this film as great as it is. Redmayne's performance alone would have been adequate but Vikander's contribution is more than that of a supporting role. As an emerging artist and as a woman whose marriage is changing in ways that could never have been equaled at that time, Vikander brings great depth to Gerda as her love and support are unyielding during a very difficult and unusual time.Redmayne is truly sensational in this film. This is not a surprise considering his turn in last year's "The Theory of Everything" for which he was rightly praised with multiple awards. In "Danish Girl", his depth goes even further as he boldly and courageously exposes the sensitivity of a unique and misunderstood soul. From the time he first reacts to wearing women's clothes, the movie is riveting as he easily conveys nuance in his facial expressions and takes great risks to be truthful and authentic.As Charlize Theron did with "Monster", Redmanyne's sublime performance raises a fine film to an even greater level.OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT: Lead Performance by Eddie Redmayne

I have to be honest, I do not know much about the identity struggle such the one "Einar Wegener" suffered from.. but I can get glimpse of what that struggle would be through this movie. I can imagine it was a hard time for such identity crisis to rise up .. but even though the movie showed that there were open minded people that can accept differences around the year 1900 even if these people were few . (----------------This review has spoiler start here--------------)At the beginning of this movie "Gerda Wegener" (wife of "Einar Wegener") who was shown to be more bold than her husband, asked her husband to pose for a portrait as a woman and at that moment "Einar" began to discover what is going on with "him".. the movie just present that self discovery and self awareness at the time where there were no one known before "him" struggle the same. It is a story of "Einar" getting bolder to be "Lili" in a hard period of time.. There were few wondering questions during and after the movie finishes.. probably they came up because I do not fully understand the transformation (was it physically, mentally, and emotionally at once!?). It is a lovely movie to watch with parts of the true story of "Lili Elbe" who was bold enough to accept performing the first gender-change operation to be fully "her".

A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. The Danish Girl is a weird and overrated film that has Eddie Redmayne as a transgender and Alicia Vikander as his wife. The perfomances were bland and the 2 main stars have zero chemistry and as for the story itself? It's not even that great to begin with. (0/10)

The Danish girl and the Danish man who thinks he's a girl.This kind of movie will continue to be made until everyone is either confused-gendered or homosexual and then.... we'll start all over with trying to be normal.We are all so screwed up.