The Substitute

2007 [DANISH]

Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 47%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 47% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 3532 3.5K

denmark alien teachers and students

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Plot summary

6th Grade gets a new substitute teacher. She wants to train the class for an international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able read kids' minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she manage to convince everyone's parents she is so great when the whole class knows she is really an alien?

Director

Ole Bornedal Photo
Ole Bornedal

Top cast

Sonja Richter Photo
Sonja Richter as Maria
Ulrich Thomsen Photo
Ulrich Thomsen as Jesper Osböll
Henrik Prip Photo
Henrik Prip as Psykolog Claus
Sofie Gråbøl Photo
Sofie Gråbøl as Carls Mor
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815.24 MB
1280*546
Danish 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  dk  fr  nn  sv  
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 12
1.63 GB
1920*820
Danish 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  dk  fr  nn  sv  
25 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 7 / 10

A Great Movie for Adults and Children

When an alien comes from another planet to learn the meaning of love on Earth, it possesses the body of Ulla Harms (Paprika Steen), who is the wife of an owner of a poultry farm in Denmark. Meanwhile, the boy Carl (Jonas Wandschneider) grieves the loss of his mother, who died in a car crash, and is outcast in his school. His father Jesper Osböll (Ulrich Thomsen) wrote a bestseller about the power of love and also grieves the loss of his beloved wife. When the teacher of Carl has a health problem with salmonella, Ulla is assigned as the substitute teacher for his class. Soon Carl and his friends discovers that Ulla is a monster from outer space, but their parents do not trust them and believe the children are fantasizing."Vikaren" (a.k.a. "The Substitute") is a great movie for adults and children, with a witty story and great performances. The unknown Danish actress Paprika Steen has an awesome performance with her change of behavior, and her body and facial expressions are fantastic. She really makes this movie work and I regret only the cover of the DVD that misguides the genre to the viewers, indicating that it is a horror movie when it is actually a funny sci-fi adventure. The conclusion is weak and could be better and better. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): Not AvailableNote: On 05 January 2021, I saw this film again.
Reviewed by siderite 7 / 10

A smart kid sci-fi

If this would have been an American movie, the monster would have been silly, the parents understandable in their gullibility and the kids more concerned with their social standing. Also, anything scary would have probably been removed and the film would have been a Disney production.Well, they do things differently in Denmark, so they have some smart kids, with a complex relationship dynamic, completely ignorant parents that only believe what suits them best (especially when it comes to their children fantasies) and the monster is both fairly benign, totally scary and absolutely alien.The film is thus suitable for both parents and children, although I would call it more a family film with horrorish specks, and even if the whole "planet without love" thing was too corny and not very related to the rest of the film, the movie is watchable and enjoyable. At least I liked it.
Reviewed by GoregirlsDungeon 7 / 10

Paprika Steen Rocks!

The films opening scene explains that aliens know only war. Their goal is to learn about and understand the human emotion of love. In attempt to do just that, they send a sphere that lands on a deserted chicken farm. They take over the body of a farmers wife who reports to work as a grade six school teacher. Paprika Steen who plays the teacher is fantastic. She plays the wickedly nasty teacher with over the top enthusiasm and absolutely nails it. It is one of the most amusing and entertaining characters I have seen in a horror film in some time. The kids figure out almost immediately that there is something not quite right about their new teacher. She taunts and humiliates the children with insults and appears to have the answer to every question. The more they learn about their new teacher the more horrified they become. The first half of this film is rock solid. A real masterpiece. Unfortunately the films conclusion is a complete and utter crap-out. The ending seemed hurried and the finale was anti-climatic to say the least. It is intended to be more amusing than horrifying but it would have been appropriate to add a little more suspense, particularly for the final scene. There is no gore in this film and no scares at all. There are only a few isolated moments of suspense. This being said this film is still extremely watchable and I think that people who aren't generally fans of the horror genre will also enjoy it. More "PG" than our regular fair but some really good clean fun!
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