Two aspiring novelists in hip young Oslo scribble their way through success, failure, love and friendship in this crafty little gem directed by Lars Von Trier's nephew, Joachim Trier.
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09/07/07
Reprise (2008)
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Reviews Counted:74
Fresh:64
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: With Reprise, first-time director Joachim Trier effectively captures the spirit of young adulthood, and announces his arrival as a filmmaker to be watched.
Theatrical Release:07-09-2007
Synopsis: As Erik and Phillip, lifelong friends and aspiring novelists, stand in front of a mailbox clutching their manuscripts, our narrator takes a moment to speculate upon their futures. Surely both books... [More]
Starring: Espen Klouman Høiner, Anders Danielsen Lie, Viktoria Winge, Magnus Williamson
Director: Joachim Trier
Reviews for Reprise
Top CriticThe film has the elegant exuberance of a display of indoor fireworks.
09/15/07
Trier justifies the boys' hardships with a bright and breezy detour through would-be glories. Altogether he crafts a striking portrait of the artist as a young brat, with the leads showing enough sensitivity to carry it off.
09/07/07
Top CriticStyle is mirrored by content, Trier’s non-linear storytelling (unnamed narrator, imagined versions of events) credibly reflecting the characters’ turbulent inner worlds.
09/07/07
It’s a by-turns flip and searching cineaste’s rites-of-passage drama -- both for the characters and the director -- that deals entertainingly with the rivalries, doubts, fears and sexual entanglements of its twentysomething milieu.
09/07/07
Top CriticThis quick-witted film is likely to be a fleeting presence on our overcrowded screens. Catch it while you can.
09/15/07
Top CriticForm and content in perfect harmony.
09/08/07
Top CriticThis likeable, smart Danish drama about two aspiring writers has some of the arch, extra-dry-martini quality of a Whit Stillman film, including jumping locations and a dry, ironic voice-over.
09/23/06
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10/18/08
Reprise director Joachim Trier uses flashback and fantasy sequences to develop character. He has created an honest accountability to those going through their early 20s or those who remember it.
05/27/08
Like his subjects, Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier is young and bursting with ambition
05/15/08
[A] hilarious, smart and heartbreaking coming-of-age drama.
05/16/08
Joachim Trier's brash cinematic sampling draws on diverse sources yet it spins something defiantly fresh and original.
06/08/08
Uncannily like Truffaut's Jules et Jim in its ability to seamlessly synthesise the heedless energy of youth and its pronounced melancholy undercurrents.
09/16/06
[Director Joachim Trier] captures, in a way that's cool and romantic and heady, the moment in life when nothing matters more than ideas, influences and the possibility of shaping one's life into a work of art.
05/15/08
Top CriticThe personal nature of such a film begets the feeling of ownership, especially for the twentysomethings out there. It's about revolting from everything, even revolution.
05/19/08
The plot is pretty simple, and the depiction of the jumbled, impatient world in which the friends travel is believable.
04/19/07
An intelligent and occasionally profound portrait of a pair of artists as young men.
05/16/08
It's an invigorating brew of dynamic visuals, quicksilver emotions, playful storytelling and chic, good-looking actors.
05/23/08
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