sweeter and soapier than we've come to expect from the Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, "The Commune" swaddles the pain of a disintegrating marriage in a good-natured cocoon of laughter and larks
'The Commune' may veer towards sentimentality in the final act - one heavily signposted tragedy ends up feeling cheap and manipulative - but overall this is a warm, sharply characterised and absorbing melodrama
