The Worst Person in the World

Name: The Worst Person in the World
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: February 4, 2022
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 90
Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjørnebye, Herbert Nordrum, Maria Grazia Di Meo

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Neon | Release Date: February 4, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjørnebye, Herbert Nordrum, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Marianne Krogh, Renate Reinsve, Silje Storstein, Sofia Schandy Bloch, Vidar Sandem

Summary: Director Joachim Trier returns with another modern twist on a classically constructed character portrait of contemporary life in Oslo. Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, The Worst Person in the World examines one woman’s quest for love and meaning in the modern world. Fluidly told in twelve chapters, the film features a breakoutDirector Joachim Trier returns with another modern twist on a classically constructed character portrait of contemporary life in Oslo. Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, The Worst Person in the World examines one woman’s quest for love and meaning in the modern world. Fluidly told in twelve chapters, the film features a breakout performance by Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve as she explores new professional avenues and embarks on relationships with two very different men (Anders Danielsen Lie and Herbert Nordrum) in her search for happiness and identity. [Neon]… Expand

Director: Joachim Trier

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 121 min

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RogerEbert.com Carlos Aguilar

Feb 4, 2022

The Worst Person in the World, Trier’s stirringly sophisticated masterpiece, unrolls in piecemeal manner, but once fully extended is a tapestry of unfeigned experiences sowed with the thread of truth, in all its painful ambivalence. Read full review

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Karen Gordon

Feb 10, 2022

On the surface, it’s a simple enough premise: a young woman transitioning into adulthood, trying to find her place in the world. But in the hands of Norwegian director Joachim Trier, The Worst Person in the World is at one level a social satire about love, identity and relationships, and at the same time, a warm and deeply poignant look at the imperfect way life can creep up on us. Read full review

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The Independent Clarisse Loughrey

Mar 24, 2022

The Worst Person in the World carries a shimmery feeling of definitiveness to it. It’s the rare piece of art actually invested in why an entire generation can seem so aimless and indecisive. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Feb 3, 2022

If The Worst Person in the World is about Julie’s indecision, it’s also about Trier’s ambivalence. Some of the suspense in the film comes from wondering what he will do with her, and whether, as much as he loves her, he can figure out how to set her free. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Feb 17, 2022

Julie’s restlessness is anchored by a self-confidence that Reinsve conveys guilelessly and brilliantly. Read full review

Mark Kermode

Apr 5, 2022

Blending melancholy wistfulness with unruly energy and piercing humour, it’s a down-to-earth tale of love and death, boosted by a brilliantly believable central performance and elevated by fantastical moments of hallucinogenic horror and ecstatic joy. Read full review

Richard Brody

Feb 7, 2022

The movie offers no details about any conflict between domestic and artistic life—because Trier and his co-screenwriter, Eskil Vogt, display no interest in Julie’s artistic development or activity. The Worst Person in the World is driven by a relentless focus on Julie’s personal life, but it’s a focus that remains obliviously impersonal. Read full review

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nmuldoon

Feb 4, 2022

This is my 28th film of the festival and easily my favorite. I definitely pushed myself too far this festival and hit a wall. I stayed at the worst airbnb imaginable where the place was covered in dust, was next door to a frat house and I could only get two hours of sleep, so that certainlyThis is my 28th film of the festival and easily my favorite. I definitely pushed myself too far this festival and hit a wall. I stayed at the worst airbnb imaginable where the place was covered in dust, was next door to a frat house and I could only get two hours of sleep, so that certainly didn’t help either. I spent most of the morning being **** miserable and just trying to stay awake. And then this movie started and I had goosebumps from the first frame to it’s last. I felt invigorated for every minute of it’s 2 hour runtime and just sat there with a dumb smile on my face even during the film’s most painful moments because I knew I was watching something that would mean a lot to me for years to come.

I don’t have any analysis rn, I’m just happy when a movie can make me feel this way. Oslo, August 31st was one of my favorite films of the 2010s and somehow Joachim Trier has crafted something at a completely different register but every bit it’s equal. This is easily my favorite film of the festival, it’s gonna be near impossible to beat as my film of the year. Movies rule, man, I’m so happy right now.

EDIT: Alright, it’s been 2 days so I’ll expand a bit. If you follow the work of Joachim Trier, since he 2006 debut, Reprise, through 2012’s Oslo, August 31st, and finally this film he’s been creating a very loose trilogy defined more by themes, location, and actors than by some overarching narrative. And the stories he’s been telling have simply been these kind of very true to life films about young people trying to navigate the world and more specifically in his native city of Oslo. He’s had a real knack for capturing the kind of experience of being a millenial better than probably any filmmaker I can think of and has done so with a real empathy and humanity. Sometimes those portraits of life can be really bleak like his prior film Oslo, August 31st but they all feature moments of breathtaking beauty and this is perhaps his warmest and most stunning yet. It features all the ideas essential to his work of identity, nostalgia, love, ambition, and interpersonal relationships with as much care as his work ever had, but with his age, he seems to now have enough distance to both be wiser in his observations and find the inherent comedy in the concerns that seem to dominate our lives in the moment. In this one it centers around Julie, a young woman who having just turned 30 finds herself still unsure of her place in the world unable to find any real home in her professional or personal life. And as we see the next few years of her life the film doesn’t cop out and provide easy answers but ends with a resolution that rang true and that I found extremely touching.

Idk, I’m still on a high from this one, I’ve sat here for two days now just listening to the soundtrack on repeat and desperately googling for a release date so I can see it again.

As of now, this is my first 5 star film of the decade. I’ll say it again, movies rule, man.… Expand

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KP1994

Apr 21, 2022

This shoulda been titled "What If 2001-2013 GTA 3+4+5 Turn Into A Movie" yeah similar to 2006-2015 Edmonton Rush.

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bertobellamy

Mar 19, 2022

When you think you're life is a mess; when happiness is something so foreign to you; when social or family pressure prevents you from pursuing a professional path you're passionate about; when someone cheats on you; when your mother tells you that you should have kids before certain age;When you think you're life is a mess; when happiness is something so foreign to you; when social or family pressure prevents you from pursuing a professional path you're passionate about; when someone cheats on you; when your mother tells you that you should have kids before certain age; when you reach 30 and you feel like you haven't done anything with your life; when you feel like the worst person in the world, check out this film, and then you'll know that it's ok if your life is a mess; that your parents not approving your way of living is inconsequential; that love can end and begin elsewhere; that motherhood it's not for everyone; that 30 is the new 20. Then you'll know that maybe being the worst person in the world is not bad at all. Joachim Trier just gets it, and we all should.… Expand

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davemelbourne58

Feb 28, 2022

If you HATE traditional Hollywood Rom-Coms...Have I got a movie for you. Get a peak at the younger version of yourself, and witness some of the little "white-lies" we may have told our partners at the time to spare hurting their feelings. Life is messy, but this movie proved that we're allIf you HATE traditional Hollywood Rom-Coms...Have I got a movie for you. Get a peak at the younger version of yourself, and witness some of the little "white-lies" we may have told our partners at the time to spare hurting their feelings. Life is messy, but this movie proved that we're all flawed, but hopefully we can learn from our mistakes, forgive ourselves, and move on. The Worst Person in the World is us. Great cast. Great story. GREAT dialogue.… Expand

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AJ_13

Feb 7, 2022

Script, soundtrack, directing, Renate and Anders... there's so much to enjoy from this one. I did feel though that I lost interest as the movie went by.

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mikasa_

Aug 3, 2022

Наверное, один из самых неожиданно интересных фильмов прошлого года. Персонажи ощущаются проработанными личностями, не застрахованными от ошибок. Весь фильм в целом говорит зрителю - ошибаться не страшно, главное не стоять на месте. А неплохой сюжет дополняет приятная операторская работа.Наверное, один из самых неожиданно интересных фильмов прошлого года. Персонажи ощущаются проработанными личностями, не застрахованными от ошибок. Весь фильм в целом говорит зрителю - ошибаться не страшно, главное не стоять на месте. А неплохой сюжет дополняет приятная операторская работа.

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SAN4ES--86

Aug 17, 2022

Ужасный, скучный, бестолковый и самое обидное что фильм просто ни о чем. просто пустая трата времени. нет никакой линии, фильм ни о чем не рассказывает, не повествует, нет никаких переживаний, интриги, режиссер потратил время зря.Ужасный, скучный, бестолковый и самое обидное что фильм просто ни о чем. просто пустая трата времени. нет никакой линии, фильм ни о чем не рассказывает, не повествует, нет никаких переживаний, интриги, режиссер потратил время зря.

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