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10/18/08
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: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... [More]
Starring: Espen Klouman Høiner, Anders Danielsen Lie, Viktoria Winge, Magnus Williamson
Director: Joachim Trier
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Top CriticReprise alternately shows punk energy, library hush and comic anxiety. And despite ominous portents, the ending is cockeyed optimistic.
10/18/08
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.
08/30/08
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.
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 CriticThe 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
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