Reprise (2008)
87 %
Reviews Counted: 69 Fresh: 60 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 7.3/10
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Theatrical Release: May 16, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $469,817
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 will garner wild acclaim, lead to prolific careers, and inspire revolutions. In actuality,... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Espen Klouman Høiner, Anders Danielsen Lie, Viktoria Winge, Magnus Williamson, Pål Stokka
Director: Joachim Trier
Screenwriter: Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Producer: Karin Julsrud
Composer: Ola Flottum
Screenwriter: Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Producer: Karin Julsrud
Composer: Ola Flottum
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Reviews
This story about two aspiring writers in their early 20s has the fearlessness and vivacity of a first novel, and its playful approach to chronology and voice-over narration serves to amplify its themes instead of coming off as a show-off trick.
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08/01/08
This is that rare film where a daring style is connected to real substance, and that's an exciting thing to experience in a first-time director.
07/28/08
Although there's no romantic triangle as in Francois Truffaut's classic 1961 film Jules and Jim, it seems obvious that film was an influence here.
07/28/08
Reprise is an ordinary tale of post-adolescent angst that would benefit from a cleaner plot line, clearer characterizations and more intriguing situations.
07/28/08
I realized the movie had lost me when it occurred to me that after spending many minutes with Phillip and Erik, I had no interest in reading any novel that either of them might have written.
07/25/08
... film full of wry comments and textural gestures - Trier mixes film stock and references to MTV-style jump cuts and the French New Wave (Truffaut's Jules and Jim is an obvious point of reference) to the extent that the pyrotechnics threaten to b
07/25/08
Its fresh opening combined with the satisfying resolution in the final 20 minutes help to compensate for a fizzling mid-section.
07/12/08
As auspicious –- and breathless -– a debut as Reservoir Dogs was for Tarantino.
07/03/08
Like Jules and Jim or Band of Outsiders blended with A Hard Day's Night.
06/27/08
Reprise is not just about engaging with or surviving through the creative instinct. It is that instinct.
06/20/08
Reprise is about negotiating the path from reckless youth to ambitious adulthood as much as it's about the craft of fiction.
06/20/08
[Trier] sometimes lapses into the literary clichés he aims to ridicule.
06/20/08
It's not exactly breaking new ground, but the material has a real ring of truth to it. However, it should be said that this Norwegian import is also a bit sullen, which means it will be an acquired taste for some audiences.
06/19/08
If you are young, male and dream of making a name for yourself in the arts, Reprise is about the joys and sufferings of that quest: It is a Jules and Jim for the punk-rock generation.
06/12/08
Top Critic
The highs and lows of getting one's first book published are intricately and delightfully examined in Norwegian director Joachim Trier's mature feature debut.
06/12/08
There's less than meets the eye to Joachim Trier's Reprise, but the loose, limber visual style gives the picture a certain panache.
06/09/08
Joachim Trier's brash cinematic sampling draws on diverse sources yet it spins something defiantly fresh and original.
06/08/08
The jagged energy of this film's opening and closing moments leave you wondering where it might have gone and what it might have been.
06/06/08
Top Critic
The word 'Reprise' may mean recurrence, but Trier's fleet, joyously intellectual film comes at us like anything but a retread.
06/06/08
Top Critic
Drawing inspiration from the young-artists-in-angst tales of Godard, Truffaut and the French new wave, Joachim Trier's Reprise is both a charming homage and a vibrant work in its own right.
06/05/08
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