The Monk and the Gun - Reviews

...pulls off something truly bold: taking what are perhaps the most emotionally and symbolically loaded items in existence and subverting their meaning completely to end on a note of peace, joy, and hope for the future.

In a place whose greatest aim is its population’s happiness, Dorji’s "The Monk and the Gun" contemplates whether complete modernization of his country is worth the price of this very happiness.

...a quietly hilarious takedown of western interventionism.

...[en] uortodoks sædekomedie om de uventede dilemmaer i et uroligt møde mellem tradition og modernitet.

...et ret fascinerende indblik i et land og en kultur, som de færreste danskere nok har noget særligt forhold til.

...et smukt og charmerende indblik i Bhutans møde med demokratiet...

Dramakomedien (...) er fortryllende, finurlig og filosofisk på den dybe og naive facon, hvor ens tanker af sig selv går tilbage for at vende historien igen. Og her er masser at gribe fat i.