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75 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Starring: Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norström
  • Summary: In the early '50s the Home Research Institute in Sweden sends 18 observers to the rural district of Landstad, Norway, with its surplus of bachelors, to study the kitchen routines of single men. (IFC Films)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    90
    There's nothing casual about the way this film has been put together, yet that painstaking care leads to laughter that is completely unrestrained.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    88
    Features an absurdist sensibility that ultimately melts your heart. It's certainly one of the stranger movies you'll see.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    60
    Slight but sardonic, Norwegian director Bent Hamer's deadpan Kitchen Stories makes a taciturn comedy of nothingness out of color-coordinated '50s coziness and Scandinavian social planning.

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

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