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78 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

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  • Starring: Lena Headey, Stellan Skarsgård
  • Summary: A modern, raw, pitch-black comedy about a young woman who travels from Scotland to Norway to find her estranged, alcoholic father and bring him home. (First Run Features)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Leslie Camhi
    90
    Norway's hallucinatory, edge-of-the-world beauty imbues the story with a woozy, alcoholic haze and a sense of the marginal spaces into which the messiest aspects of private life are shoved.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    It could have done with fewer plot devices, but it is ultimately far more satisfying than countless less ambitious and risky films.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    It's a raw, haunting experience.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. AsenathF.
    9
    Dry and Dark, yet witty and amazing. Woman, all hopes for a life she enjoys get's talked into coming to see her dying mother, not knowing that she is dying. She also has to find her father, a drunk Scott, an dpull him along for the ride.… Expand
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  2. Mugen
    9
    This was a good film about a grown up daughter and her alcoholic father as they try to come together, i really loved this film, the characters were great and the story was also good this iis one of the best daughter/father films ive ever seen.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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