Trier's intent is to reproduce a sweet, hazy vision of the agony of youth. Ever so elliptically, he succeeds.

[A] hilarious, smart and heartbreaking coming-of-age drama.

It's a fine film by any standard, on any scale.

A rich and touching exploration of the vagaries of fortune, literary reputation and, above all, friendship that works on several levels at once.

The kind of discovery that comes along only a few times a year (if we're lucky), Joachim Trier's energetic, inventive debut takes such a novel approach to well-worn themes that it makes most movies look downright lazy.

The movie also contains many moments of joy and humor, folded into a fantastic, shifting structure that keeps the film wildly alive. It's an impressive first film.

A Norwegian movie that often looks and feels like a resurrected specimen of the French New Wave.

The picture has a real feel for its tortured characters. It starts out navel-gazing and ends up empathetic.

The vibrant Norwegian debut feature Reprise is one of those rare films about writers where form matches content, with fresh insights about the literary world coming via a complex, liberating series of flashbacks, ellipses, and other bold flourishes.