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101 Reykjavik (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 46

Fresh: 41

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 7/10

Consensus: A funny, offbeat romantic comedy about an unlikely tryst with the beautiful Icelandic landscape as a backdrop.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Jul 25, 2001 Limited

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... 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 with his sympathetic mother. He has a brief fling with the beautiful Hofy (Thrudur Vilhjalmsdottir), but is too numb to pursue it on any genuine level. The arrival of his mother's friend Lola (Victoria Abril) changes all of that, however. Lola, a flamenco dancer who oozes sexuality, has decided to spend the Christmas holiday at their house. But when Mom leaves to visit a relative on New Year's Eve, the subsequent celebration results in a seemingly unavoidable tryst between Hlynur and Lola. Nothing wrong with that, Hlynur figures; that is, until Mom returns and shares some news that puts a new twist on recent events, throwing Hlynur's life into even greater confusion. Kormakur's refreshing directorial debut, based loosely on a novel by Hallgrimur Helgason, deals with controversial issues in a lighthearted yet matter-of-fact way. Adding to the visual festivities is the film's soundtrack, a collaboration between Blur's Damon Albarn and ex-Sugarcubes member Einar Oorn Benediktsson, which cleverly reworks The Kinks' classic "Lola" in endlessly different fashions. [More]

Starring: Baltasar Kormákur, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Victoria Abril, Thruder Vilhjalmsdottir

Starring: Baltasar Kormákur, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Victoria Abril, Thruder Vilhjalmsdottir, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Hanna Maria Karlsdottir

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Screenwriter: Baltasar Kormákur
Producer: Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar H. Thordarson, Thorfinnur Omarsson
Composer: Damon Albarn, Einar Orn Benediktsson
Studio: Menemsha

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12/15/03
Alexander Walker
This is London

A tightly packed little snowball of a comedy that picks up steam as it rolls along.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
12/01/03
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Everything about this Icelandic sitcom comedy seemed off kilter.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
04/21/03
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
04/17/03
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

A film that's as outlandish as it is entertaining.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Merle Bertrand
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10/30/02
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Fails because it's nearly impossible to care about the main character.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Kormakur ... balances tones with a smooth, mature confidence.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/30/02
F.X. Feeney
L.A. Weekly

Culture clashes, gender roles and political correctnesses all get their moment in this droll winner.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
05/10/02
Marc Mohan
Oregonian

...there is more intelligence and humor in this 93-minute diamond-in-the-rough than in 10 American coming-of-age flicks.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
04/15/02
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

funny, sexy, and utterly moored in its distinctive landscape

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04/14/02
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

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.

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03/24/02
Jason Anderson
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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.

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03/23/02
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

A times as flatly deadpan as Hylner, at others as passionately eccentric as Abril's Lola, 101 Reykjavik is at least dedicatedly unexpected.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
03/22/02
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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Imagine, if you dare, Ingmar Bergman as a consummate slacker with a wicked sense of pop humour.

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03/22/02
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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The director wisely resists the temptation to treat slackerdom as just a blase counterpoint to the craziness of the world.

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03/08/02
Kevin John Bozelka
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 
 
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