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  • 2019
  • PG
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2019
  • PG
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 37 m
Britt-Marie Was Here

Summary 63-year-old Britt-Marie suddenly reconsiders her purpose in life after she discovers her husband of 40 years has been cheating on her. Accepting a supremely unglamorous job at a ramshackle youth center in the backwater town of Borg, she reluctantly takes on the impossible task of coaching the children’s soccer team to victory. Despite ha...

Directed By: Tuva Novotny

Written By: Anders Frithiof August, Fredrik Backman, Øystein Karlsen, Tuva Novotny

  • 2019
  • PG
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2019
  • PG
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 37 m

Britt-Marie Was Here

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary 63-year-old Britt-Marie suddenly reconsiders her purpose in life after she discovers her husband of 40 years has been cheating on her. Accepting a supremely unglamorous job at a ramshackle youth center in the backwater town of Borg, she reluctantly takes on the impossible task of coaching the children’s soccer team to victory. Despite ha...

Directed By: Tuva Novotny

Written By: Anders Frithiof August, Fredrik Backman, Øystein Karlsen, Tuva Novotny

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
53
29% Positive
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57% Mixed
4 Reviews
14% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
53
29% Positive
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57% Mixed
4 Reviews
14% Negative
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75
Sep 20, 2019
Britt-Marie Was Here is based on a novel by Fredrik Backman (A Man Called Ove), whose themes often include cranky people who isolate themselves and community sports that bring people together. Thankfully, he and director Tuva Novotny keep the characters astringent and his tone wry, so it never gets cuddly or cloying.
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70
Sep 19, 2019
Britt-Marie Was Here is a relatively unchallenging yet ultimately pleasant watch.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 2, 2019
Britt-Marie Was Here succinctly crams in plenty of overwrought tropes but maintains a sentimental heart with its prickly heroine. Is it revolutionary? Not by any means. But is every journey of self-discovery supposed to be?
By Garrett Mitchell FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 30, 2019
It’s both a success and a shortcoming of Britt-Marie Was Here that the flashbacks to her younger years, and the discovery of what happened to her more free-spirited sister, represent the film at its fullest emotional capacity.
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50
Sep 25, 2019
The most refreshing thing about the movie is having a more mature woman at the center of the action, and August knows not to overreach here. She is dryly funny, but also subtly affecting, and it’s a pleasure to watch her heart and mind slowly but surely open up to life’s possibilities.
By David Lewis FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 18, 2019
The film can’t quite surmount its fanciful conceit.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
10
Oct 30, 2019
Its portrayal of Britt-Marie sometimes feels condescending, several of its plot turns make no sense, and its visuals add nothing that wasn’t already there in the original book.
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Production Company Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning, SF Studios
Release Date Sep 20, 2019
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline It's Never Too Late to Start Living
Website http://www.britt-marie.de/
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