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  • 2020
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2020
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary A sleepy Norwegian town erupts after an American backpacker, Eric, is arrested. Witnesses claim a teen died after touching the stranger, and that he inexplicably started a fire that engulfed a farm. He warns a psychologist, Christine, that he has supernatural powers, and that anyone who gets too close to him dies. Is Eric a liar, a freak...

Directed By: André Øvredal

Written By: Norman Lesperance, Geoff Bussetil

  • 2020
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2020
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Mortal

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
20
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 25 User Ratings
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Summary A sleepy Norwegian town erupts after an American backpacker, Eric, is arrested. Witnesses claim a teen died after touching the stranger, and that he inexplicably started a fire that engulfed a farm. He warns a psychologist, Christine, that he has supernatural powers, and that anyone who gets too close to him dies. Is Eric a liar, a freak...

Directed By: André Øvredal

Written By: Norman Lesperance, Geoff Bussetil

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Nov 4, 2020
Director and cowriter André Øvredal (Trollhunter, The Autopsy Of Jane Doe) gets credit here for “original story,” but every single element has been borrowed, and precious little else of note about Mortal remains.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
30
Nov 12, 2020
Mortal plods along for most of its running time with the occasional helicopter chase scene and plenty of CGI fulminology: But ultimately Ovredal’s not-so-deep-dive into Norwegian mythos is a too-obvious let down.
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10
Martradh
Jan 27, 2022
This was an entertaining movie. It is a fairly grounded take on lore and an enjoyable journey of self discovery.
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JayT
Mar 26, 2021
Loved every second of it. Hope we get a sequel. Nat and Iben's performance was excellent.
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30
Nov 5, 2020
Mortal isn’t really a movie proper as it is ponderous scene-setting for a potential sequel.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
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Nov 6, 2020
All you need to know is that this slow-moving, sci-fi origin story was made by Norwegian co-writer/director André Øvredal, the man who previously gave us the far more entertaining “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.”
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10
Nov 6, 2020
What surprises Mortal holds largely relate to the oddity of its construction and its tonal whiplash, as a thin, repetitive narrative skips from emo “Twilight” moping to dour Scandi-noir procedural to dollar-store Marvel ripoff.
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Alex0156
Feb 27, 2021
One of the best movies I've seen in years! Very different from a Hollywood movie!
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10
Jonesie1395
Jan 9, 2021
Solid movie. Loved troll hunter so I wanted to see the directors latest entry. Cool twist on the superhero genre.
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evanskaufman
Jan 10, 2021
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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entitet
Feb 24, 2023
"Mortal" is norse god awful. It was like watching a very uninteresting, pointless and extremely drawn out opening scene from a superhero movie and ironically it ended when other movies would begin. The taglines for the movie reveals that the main character have some sort of Norse godly powers, yet the movie plays out like this is revealed slowly with clues.
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Mauro_Lanari
May 15, 2021
(Mauro Lanari) I watched it with the curiosity to understand how much the Norwegians could and wanted to get away from X-Men and MCU by returning Thor to Nordic mythology. Instead, Øvredal takes a Hollywood star like Nat Wolff and gets produced by the Americans for a reboot of the saga.
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Production Company 42, Automatik Entertainment, Eldorado Film, Nordisk Film Production AS, Stardust Effects
Release Date Nov 6, 2020
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
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Tagline The guardian of two worlds.
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Awards

Amanda Awards, Norway
• 2 Nominations
HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award
• 1 Nomination

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