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02/11/06
101 Reykjavik (2001)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 46 Fresh: 41 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7/10
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A funny, offbeat romantic comedy about an unlikely tryst with the beautiful Icelandic landscape as a backdrop.
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: Baltasar Kormakur's 101 REYKJAVIK is a crowd-pleasing comedy that gleefully takes the concept of "family dysfunction" to an outrageous new level. Hlynur (Hilmer Snaer Gudnason), an unmotivated Icelander with no interests other than watching porn and getting drunk, still lives at home... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Baltasar Kormákur, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Victoria Abril, Thruder Vilhjalmsdottir, Olafur Darri Olafsson
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Screenwriter: Baltasar Kormákur
Producer: Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar H. Thordarson, Thorfinnur Omarsson
Composer: Damon Albarn, Einar Orn Benediktsson
Screenwriter: Baltasar Kormákur
Producer: Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar H. Thordarson, Thorfinnur Omarsson
Composer: Damon Albarn, Einar Orn Benediktsson
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12/15/03
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12/10/01
Top Critic
As an offbeat character study, it's a curiosity well worth checking out.
06/04/01
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06/06/08
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A tightly packed little snowball of a comedy that picks up steam as it rolls along.
12/01/03
It's a strange and distant tale that would only appear on Jerry Springer in America but comes off as quirky and cute when presented from the cold Nordic perspective.
04/17/03
Fails because it's nearly impossible to care about the main character.
10/21/02
Culture clashes, gender roles and political correctnesses all get their moment in this droll winner.
05/10/02
...there is more intelligence and humor in this 93-minute diamond-in-the-rough than in 10 American coming-of-age flicks.
04/15/02
As a tour through the messy lifestyles of the young and the wasted in Europe's most remote yet hippest capital, it's entertaining and often hilarious.
03/24/02
Hilmer Snaer Gudnason makes Hylner ... weirdly sweet and appealing, and as for the rest of the cast, well, we've yet to see a movie that was not vastly improved by the presence of Victoria Abril.
03/23/02
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