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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary When Baldvin & Inga’s next door neighbors complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbors in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.

Directed By: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson

Written By: Huldar Breiðfjörð, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 29 m

Under the Tree

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings
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Summary When Baldvin & Inga’s next door neighbors complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbors in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.

Directed By: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson

Written By: Huldar Breiðfjörð, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
75
85% Positive
17 Reviews
15% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
75
85% Positive
17 Reviews
15% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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91
Jul 19, 2018
Though Under the Tree falls firmly into satire, it is not a comedy with a lot of laughs. It is more an absurdist tragedy, with cringe-worthy moments.
By Jim Slotek FULL REVIEW
88
Jun 1, 2018
Darkly comic and submerged in irony, events unfold with the inevitability of a slow-motion car wreck. When the emotional and physical carnage finally recedes, Sigurðsson leaves us with one haunting image that proves the universe has a sick sense of humor indeed.
By J.R. Kinnard FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 5, 2018
The first scenes are hilarious, all sharp surprises and adeptly staged physical comedy. But then the story turns, the way that milk does, curdling into tragedy.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 12, 2018
It may surprise you to hear that in the end there is a sliver of hope offered in Under the Tree, so thin that it’s almost not there. A less interesting movie might simply have served up a headlong plunge into the abyss — but Sigurdsson gives us a tiny flicker of light.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 5, 2018
By trading in all its intrigue and emotional subtleties for the gotcha moment it’s clearly been waiting for, Tree wins the battle but loses the war.
By Leah Greenblatt FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 5, 2018
Screenwriters Sigurdsson and Breidfjord are fiendishly good at imagining the complimentary ways things spiral out of control, and the actors are expert at making us believe in what the director accurately calls “a war film where home is the battlefield.” On another level, however, with situations so grotesque it is often an effort to laugh.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 2, 2018
Under the Tree boasts the lurid determinism of many acclaimed European films that spit-shine genre-film tropes with chilly compositions and fashionable hopelessness.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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5.7
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43% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings
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43% Positive
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43% Mixed
6 Ratings
14% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Netop Films, DI Factory, Det Danske Filminstitut, Eurimages, Icelandic Film Center, Madants, Ministry of Industries and Innovation, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, ONE TWO Films, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Profile Pictures, Ríkisútvarpið-Sjónvarp (RÚV), ZDF/Arte
Release Date Jul 6, 2018
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Two Families. One Tree. A Bloody Mess.
Website https://www.facebook.com/undirtrenu/
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Awards

Edda Awards, Iceland
• 7 Wins & 13 Nominations
Hamptons International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Zurich Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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