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  • 2020
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2020
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary The Sunlit Night follows an aspiring painter (Jenny Slate) from New York City to the farthest reaches of Arctic Norway for an assignment she hopes will invigorate her work and expand her horizons. In a remote village, among the locals, she meets a fellow New Yorker (Alex Sharp), who has come in search of a proper Viking funeral only to f...

Directed By: David Wnendt

Written By: Rebecca Dinerstein, David Wnendt

  • 2020
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2020
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 46 m

The Sunlit Night

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Sunlit Night follows an aspiring painter (Jenny Slate) from New York City to the farthest reaches of Arctic Norway for an assignment she hopes will invigorate her work and expand her horizons. In a remote village, among the locals, she meets a fellow New Yorker (Alex Sharp), who has come in search of a proper Viking funeral only to f...

Directed By: David Wnendt

Written By: Rebecca Dinerstein, David Wnendt

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
47
23% Positive
3 Reviews
69% Mixed
9 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
47
23% Positive
3 Reviews
69% Mixed
9 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review

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75
Jul 14, 2020
You couldn’t ask for a better guide through the psychological landscape of her character’s desires than Slate. Her ability to be hilarious despite a quiet role like Frances lends an indelible charm that ensures we’re in her corner from the beginning.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 13, 2020
Whatever they edited out of The Sunlit Night, they made certain to keep the funny, sweet and sunny parts. And Slate makes the time pass like a late summer Green Flash — an enchanting moment or two or three, and gone.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 16, 2020
This movie about artistic inspiration is meandering and slight, but, in a way, it provides evidence for why it’s helpful to cast actors with movie-star charisma.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 15, 2020
Unfortunately, everything engaging about the narrative is overshadowed by gratuitous quirkiness.
By Shannon Miller FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 2, 2019
Slate and Sharp (a Tony winner for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) can't be blamed for their lack of chemistry, and if sparks aren't flying between them, at least viewers can occasionally drown in gorgeous coastal scenery, shot nicely by Martin Ahlgren.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 2, 2019
Here, Wnendt suppresses his naturally provocative streak to deliver an aggressively cute existential comedy instead.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
38
Jul 15, 2020
Taken as a whole, The Sunlit Night is fey and inconclusive, and whether something of more substance got cut in the post-Sundance re-edit or was never there to begin with is at this point moot. The movie’s up a most beautiful creek without a paddle.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ape&Bjørn, Beachside Films, Detailfilm
Release Date Jul 17, 2020
Duration 1 h 46 m
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Awards

Hamburg Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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