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- 2016
- R
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 33 m
- 2016
- R
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 33 m
Summary In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to ...
Directed By: Grímur Hákonarson
Written By: Grímur Hákonarson
- 2016
- R
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 33 m
- 2016
- R
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 33 m
Rams
7.6
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Summary In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to ...
Directed By: Grímur Hákonarson
Written By: Grímur Hákonarson
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
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8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
82
92% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
8% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Despite its affection for the quirks of its characters and their milieu, the film is most memorable for its gravity, for the almost tragic nobility it finds in sad and silly circumstances.
As Hakonarson’s beautifully modulated film progresses, recurring images contrast and poignantly resonate with meaning.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
7.6
91% Positive
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9% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
7.6
91% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
0% Mixed
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9% Negative
3 Ratings
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This film is very impressive. It is extremely slow paced but is worth it in my opinion to build to a climax. It's worth watching for the cinematography alone. Every movie I have seen shot in Iceland looks amazing. Keeping the brothers straight is a bit confusing at first but that's alright. They are brothers after all. But they quickly separate based on personalities which speaks to the good writing in the film. The films ending is not my favorite it feels horrible and out of place but maybe that is what the director was going for.
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It is more than just raising the livestock to them.
Just a week ago I saw 'Fúsi' which was about an overweight person with the mind of a child. And now another excellent Icelandic movie that centres on the livestock farmers. One of the best movie about the farmers I have seen. It is not all about their farms, but the love and dedication towards their work. About the art of raising animals that passed through the generations who never abandoned their ancestral village to look for a better life somewhere else. But what happens when suddenly a great threat pose to their way of life that they all only known. That's what this film talk about.
This story is about two brothers Gummi and Kiddi, who have not spoken for decades. They live next door to one another in a remote village raising sheep. When one theirs ram wins a prestigious regional contest, that lead to discover a fear of scrapie epidemic, a disease that might wipe out their local breeds. After this incident, the conflict between the brothers escalates further. So what happens after the entire village lose their business to a viral infection brings a dramatic ending to the story.
This is the advantage of watching world cinemas. You will get a chance to learn a different culture and other unfamiliar stuffs. Nowadays Hollywood is about big budget and superhero movies. Small scale films like this are very occasion, but I'm missing nothing through my love to films around the globe.
I love realism films, but still this film gives a cinematic experience with the beautiful interior landscapes of Iceland. Most of the film takes place in the winter, but all the important outdoor sequences came prior to that season. Still the second half is the best part of the storytelling. After all Iceland without ice/snow is unimaginable.
"If we've scrapie in the valley, we're screwed."
The story has a small twist in the halfway mark, that you could see it coming. But the third act was so awesome, because the pace picks up and brings the unexpected ending. Yet, I was little disappointed the way it concluded. I like the details, I don't always like understandable phrase in a film's ending. Those things are effective for the movies that going have a sequel. So what I meant is the end should have been a bit more specific about what actually happens. If it is about the brothers, not the livestock, then the theme is slightly misleading with all the developments.
I was tempted to rate it close to maximum, like as I said the finale took away the fractions of my 'like' towards this wonderful drama. The lead actor from the 'Virgin Mountain' can be seen in a tiny role in a couple of scenes.
I've heard the ram that acted in this called Garpur was credited, but it was not like any special performance. The movie was very slow, but I like this kind of narration when a story demands its own time to bring anything it wanted to tell on its own perfect way. There are scenes with some dark humours, so it is a semi tragicomedy.
The initial parts, maybe the first act looks like an ordinary rural narration, but if you learn about the story and its character prior to your watch then you might feel comfortable with the pace. This film was sent to the recently concluded Oscars to represent Iceland, but failed to make into the ultimate round. Forget the American Academy Awards, this is still an excellent movie. I won't hesitate to suggest it to you all, it is a dull start, but you would feel worth watching it in the end.
8/10
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Rams is so much its own film that figuring out where its unusual, unpredictable plot will end up is difficult if not impossible.
If you can adjust to its rhythms, which move according to the seasons and to long-held family grudges, you’ll find it quietly funny, sometimes quite sad, and ultimately rather profound. If you can’t, you’ll be left in the cold with the sheep.
Rams is an involving, at times curiously exciting film, because the story is so clean and simple and we always know what's at stake.
If the ultra-slow pacing, sparse dialogue and depressingly gray pallette don’t get you, perhaps that super big close-up of a toe-clipping session will.
Severely running out of things to give reviews in.... so how about another movie in theaters. I won't be the first guy to review a movie until next week's pair of movies comes.
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Beautifully slow drama about the sadness of Killing one's own rams.Iceland is beautifully character with the camera the parent landscape with only grass and the ice cold winter ice I almost begin to feel cold in my sofa with blanket on.Really acquired sadness to the main character living with mother furniture, Without children with much angry brother and , feeling that every young person is leaving a sadness of living on the countryside when it's dying .But still much entertainment it feels like watching a tragedy slowly on fold on this. Sorry Farmers and the main character relationship with his brother is so relatable and sad.What do you do when your only Legacy is the Rams you have on your farm.
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Production Company
Aeroplan Film,
Det Danske Filminstitut,
Film Farms,
Icelandic Film Center,
Netop Films,
Profile Pictures
Release Date Feb 3, 2016
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline A Tragicomedy about brothers who haven't spoken in four decades
Awards
Edda Awards, Iceland
• 11 Wins & 13 Nominations
Transilvania International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
