Another Round · reception & legacy
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
How Another Round has been received, argued over, and remembered.
The arc
A festival darling that only grew: it swept from Cannes-label 2020 to the Best International Feature Oscar, plus a genuinely shocking Best Director nomination for Vinterberg over bigger names. It's since settled in as the consensus 'best film of 2020' pick for a big chunk of Letterboxd.
What's debated
The forever-debate: is it a celebration of drinking or a cautionary tale about it — and does that gloriously ambiguous final scene count as triumph or relapse?
Its footprint
Mads Mikkelsen's climactic dance to Scarlet Pleasure's 'What a Day' became instantly iconic — clipped, gif'd, and rewatched endlessly, arguably the most beloved single scene of its year. The premise (live your life at 0.05% blood alcohol) became shorthand of its own, and news of a DiCaprio-attached American remake triggered a collective cinephile groan.
Where it stands
A modern canon-climber and certified Letterboxd favourite — the rare subtitled drama that became a 'you have to see this' for casual viewers, largely on the strength of Mikkelsen.