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Reprise (2006)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 80
Fresh: 70 | Rotten: 10

With Reprise, first-time director Joachim Trier effectively captures the spirit of young adulthood, and announces his arrival as a filmmaker to be watched.

88

Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 3

With Reprise, first-time director Joachim Trier effectively captures the spirit of young adulthood, and announces his arrival as a filmmaker to be watched.

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Movie Info

Two buddies are taken down different paths in life when one becomes a success and the other fails to grab the brass ring in this comedy drama. Erik (Espen Klouman-Hoiner) and Phillip (Anders Danielsen Lie) are close friends who have known each other since they were children. Erik and Phillip grew up sharing a passion for literature, particularly the work of novelist Sten Egil Dahl (Sigmund Sæverud) and they each dreamed of becoming writers themselves someday. Both Erik and Phillip completed

R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Comedy

Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Sep 2, 2008

$0.5M

Miramax

Cast

All Critics (81) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (10) | DVD (5)

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.

June 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | Comment
Arizona Republic
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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.

June 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment
Detroit News
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The word 'Reprise' may mean recurrence, but Trier's fleet, joyously intellectual film comes at us like anything but a retread.

June 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment
Denver Post
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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.

June 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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The movie is enjoyable for its flashy surfaces--the witty editing, the narrative forecasting, the droll omniscient voice-over--but as drama it seems superficial.

May 30, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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Reprise has a smart and knowing script and will compel audiences to reflect on themselves at that age.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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Stylistically bold, impressive feature debut about creative youth

July 11, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Reprise alternately shows punk energy, library hush and comic anxiety. And despite ominous portents, the ending is cockeyed optimistic.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Comment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Trier is having more fun in the editing room than his story requires and he'd be well advised to spend more time in the deeper development and dramatic elements of his characters.

August 30, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | Comment
Cinema Signals

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.

August 1, 2008 Comment
Miami Herald

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.

July 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | Comment
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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.

July 28, 2008 Comment

Reprise is an ordinary tale of post-adolescent angst that would benefit from a cleaner plot line, clearer characterizations and more intriguing situations.

July 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Comment
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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.

July 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | Comment
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

... 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

July 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Comment
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Its fresh opening combined with the satisfying resolution in the final 20 minutes help to compensate for a fizzling mid-section.

July 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | Comment
Paste Magazine

As auspicious -- and breathless -- a debut as Reservoir Dogs was for Tarantino.

July 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Comment
Austin Chronicle

Like Jules and Jim or Band of Outsiders blended with A Hard Day's Night.

June 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | Comment
Baltimore Sun

Reprise is not just about engaging with or surviving through the creative instinct. It is that instinct.

June 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Seattle Times | Comment
Seattle Times
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Audience Reviews for Reprise

This very New Wave-styled Norwegian film manages to be thoughtful and intelligent, stylish without being vapid, touching, and it brilliantly captures the exuberance of youth on the cusp of adapting into maturity. Reprise follows two best friends and aspiring writers; Phillip finds success immediately but cannot handle

December 6, 2008
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Nate Zoebl

Super Reviewer

During the first third of "Reprise," a new film from Norway, I thought I was watching a masterpiece. During the second half, I felt I was watching a film made by a pretentious bore. That's quite a long distance to travel. Director Joachim Trier, here making his film debut, is without doubt a supreme talent for the

June 19, 2008
Bill D 2007
William Dunmyer

Super Reviewer

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