101 Reykjavík
101 Reykjavík
101 Reykjavik
Directed by:
Baltasar KormákurScreenplay:
Baltasar KormákurCinematography:
Peter SteugerCast:
Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Victoria Abril, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir, Baltasar Breki Samper, Baltasar Kormákur, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (more)Plots(1)
Set against the backdrop of Reykjavi’s swinging nightlife, this zany black comedy takes a candid look at it’s antihero’s compelling, confused and often hilarious sexual universe. Living on social security in the protected environment of his mothhome, Hlynur has never felt the urge to venture beyond the confines of his microcosmic world: The downtown postal area of 101 Reykjavik. Dertermined to resist adulthood at any cost, he soon finds out that life is busy making other plans for him. (official distributor synopsis)
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“A family dinner or a funeral… better the funeral, there would at least be one idiot less.” A remarkable Icelandic comedy that fascinated me mainly by how often it managed to surprise me, although after a few minutes I thought that it could no longer do it, that I was ready for everything ... A very likeable and incorrect flick.
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I found Hlynur, the main "hero," so extremely unlikable that I started wishing his face would get hit by a shovel real hard about seven minutes into the film. The story had a touch of drama, and every now and then I detected a hint of black humor, but there just wasn’t enough of it to have any effect on my rating. In fact, the film slightly bored me most of the time and allowed my thoughts to wander. And I don’t want that to happen, as they might not all come back to me. When a film can’t get my full attention or loses it in the process, it's not a good sign. It means that I'm either not the target audience or that it's just not any good. Either way, I didn't have much fun today. / Lesson learned: Alcoholics Anonymous sure have it tough in Iceland.
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