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9.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Victoria Abril
  • Summary: A young man's sexual impulses go haywire when he discovers that the woman he has just been to bed with happens to be his mother's lesbian lover, and may be carrying his child. (101 ltd.)

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  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Marc Mohan
    83
    For those under the impression that Icelandic life consists solely of fishing and the hosting of international summits, this triangle of love, lust, and misunderstanding from director Baltasar Kormakur is a welcome treat.
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  2. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    80
    In spirit, 101 Reykjavík is so Almodóvar that it could melt the polar icecap.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    60
    Kormakur's debut feature fulfills the basic requirements of good slacker comedy: It's grounded in quotidian tedium and frustration, and it acknowledges both the humor and pathos of the relevant coping mechanisms (here, lackadaisical flings, porn addiction, amnesia-courting binges).

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