Critic Reviews
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Chicago Tribune
It's so thoroughly engaging, so beautifully made, strikingly shot and chock-full of humor and humanity, I can't imagine any intelligent audience not falling in love with it - if only they take the leap of faith to see it.
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| 100 |
New Times (L.A.)
Not to be missed.
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| 80 |
The New York Times
Consistently offbeat and entertaining; at such moments, it is also quite moving.
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| 80 |
Chicago Reader
Jensen's use of the conventions of documentary making -- and his undermining of them in ways both bold and subtle -- seems too canny and consistent for the form. Yet the harder I try to decide whether this is a documentary or a parody, the more I wonder why it matters.
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| 75 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
Ranging in age from 30 to 96, the Berlevag men clearly enjoy being on camera and are unusually candid about their various pasts as Casanovas and hashish addicts.
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| 75 |
New York Post
Unusual and utterly disarming documentary.
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| 75 |
Boston Globe
Leighton Klein
Jensen's charming film, is perhaps one of the first in which the actors are credited not by the size of their salaries and egos, but by their vocal ranges.
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| 63 |
New York Daily News
Every time things start to get dull, you're brought up short by another moment of surprising beauty.
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| 60 |
TV Guide
Berlevag's 1300 inhabitants are by nature hardy and uncomplaining, but Knut Erik Jensen's unhurried documentary reveals that there's more to them than mere stoicism.
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| 40 |
Village Voice
If music be the food of love, Cool & Crazy could stand a few more hits from the spice rack.
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