In a Better World won the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, so It's little surprise that it is a pretty great film. Like most films of its kind its best described through its themes of justice, revenge and well...bullies rather than a description of its plot. It's slow and thoughtful but never plodding or dull. The film splits its attention brilliantly between a medical outpost in Africa and a Danish town so I always found myself wanting to know what was going on in the other place instead of glancing down at my watch. It looks beautiful and the music is equally pleasent apart from a rather generic slide show at the end of the film.
