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  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary Two brothers work in a rural chalk-mining community during a cold winter. The younger brother, Emil, distills moonshine made from stolen chemicals from the factory. Emil is an outsider, an oddball, who made a conscious choice for loneliness and is only accepted by the mining community due to his older brother Johan. Emil longs for passio...

Directed By: Hlynur Pálmason

Written By: Hlynur Pálmason

  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Winter Brothers

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Two brothers work in a rural chalk-mining community during a cold winter. The younger brother, Emil, distills moonshine made from stolen chemicals from the factory. Emil is an outsider, an oddball, who made a conscious choice for loneliness and is only accepted by the mining community due to his older brother Johan. Emil longs for passio...

Directed By: Hlynur Pálmason

Written By: Hlynur Pálmason

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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80
Jul 19, 2018
The cast, including Victoria Carmen Sonne, as the object of both Emil and Johan’s affections, and Lars Mikkelsen, as the quarry boss, is uniformly strong and singular.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 27, 2018
On the one hand, it never quite works in a conventionally satisfying manner—it is wildly uneven, occasionally obtuse and it never quite seems to have a solid grasp on what it is trying to say. On the other hand, it still manages to register in a number of unusual ways thanks to its haunting visual style, offbeat tone, and its intriguing method to put us into the disintegrating mindset of its central character.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
75
If nothing else, the film is a feat of formal conception and craftsmanship.
By Carson Lund FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 27, 2018
Pálmason can occasionally get bogged down in his ambiguous leanings.... But many moments attest to the high ceiling of Pálmason’s abilities.
By Danny King FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 27, 2018
While impressive in parts, the picture oscillates between the profitably enigmatic and the frustratingly obtuse.
By Neil Young FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 27, 2018
Elements of craft and performance are very persuasive but the slight storyline and recourse to awkward flights of fancy make it a film that never quite gels.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 27, 2018
Mr. Palmason’s showy technique, magnetic on its own, ultimately seems like a way of adding mystery to a story that, like Emil, is content with having no place to go.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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6.2
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33% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Production Company Masterplan Pictures, Join Motion Pictures, New Danish Screen
Release Date Jun 29, 2018
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating TV-14
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Website http://www.jmp.is/
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Awards

Danish Film Awards (Robert)
• 9 Wins & 14 Nominations
Locarno International Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Thessaloniki Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations

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