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The Bothersome Man

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The Bothersome Man (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 15

Rotten:6

Average Rating: 6.6/10

Consensus: Bothersome Man is a surreal, comedic meditation, thoughtfully and skillfully made.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Aug 24, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: Andreas (42) awakens on a bus. He has no idea where he comes from nor where he’s going. The bus pulls up at a run-down bus stop, where a friendly little man greets him and drives him into town in a... Andreas (42) awakens on a bus. He has no idea where he comes from nor where he’s going. The bus pulls up at a run-down bus stop, where a friendly little man greets him and drives him into town in a small car. Everything has been prepared for his arrival: a job, clothes and an apartment. But something isn’t quite right. The inhabitants of the city all seem strangely unemotional. He constantly sees Caretakers (a kind of omnipresent handymen) cleaning up and hiding anything that’s out of place in the well-functioning city. Andreas grows more and more uncomfortable, and in the end gets exhausted by the meaningless discussions about redecorating and choice of colors - the only topics people around him address. He tries to escape, but there’s no way out of the city... -- © Cannes Film Festival [More]

Starring: Trond Fausa Aurvag, Petronella Barker, Per Schanning, Birgitte Larsen

Starring: Trond Fausa Aurvag, Petronella Barker, Per Schanning, Birgitte Larsen, Johannes Joner, Ellen Horn, Anders T Andersen

Director: Jens Lien

Director: Jens Lien
Screenwriter: Per Schreiner
Producer: Jørgen Storm Rosenberg
Composer: Ginge Anvik
Studio: Film Movement

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Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
05/13/09
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

This absurdist black comedy from Norway is unlike any other movie you’ll see this year, but as allegory, it’s a bit too literal-minded.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
01/18/08
Joshua Land
Time Out New York

Like the Swedish/Norwegian Kitchen Stories, it's a thoughtful Scandinavian film with a bent sense of humor.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
09/21/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Is it a religious allegory? Political statement? Horror film? Perhaps all three, perhaps none.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
09/21/07
Marc Mohan
Oregonian

This is a bizarre social satire that mixes the mild-mannered humor of Jacques Tati with stunningly gory slapstick.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
09/20/07
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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If only all the production elements added up to great movie. Instead, they seem like window dressing on a sill looking out to nowhere.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
09/06/07
Eric Monder
Film Journal International

Bothersome Man is a stark yet strangely lyrical, multi-layered dirge for the absurdity of human fate in the face of figuratively deadening social conformity, and on the other hand, literal mortality.

Full Review Source: WBAI Web Radio | comment Comment
09/03/07
Prairie Miller
WBAI Web Radio

An absurdly funny dystopian allegory that can proudly hold its own next to Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 and Terry Gilliam's Brazil.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/29/07
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A deliberate, thought-provoking, existential meditation on the curse of creating a neverending heaven on Earth.

Full Review Source: Sly Fox | comment Comment
08/25/07
Kam Williams
Sly Fox

[A] pitch-black, bone-dry comedy.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
08/25/07
Noel Murray
AV Club

A surreal nightmare of gleaming surfaces and razor-sharp edges, The Bothersome Man unfolds in a sterile city where nothing is quite as it seems.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/24/07
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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Director Jens Lien mostly favors the clean and bland, succumbing to much of the same pod-person impassivity that the movie purports to critique.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
08/21/07
Rob Nelson
Village Voice
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There are several ways to take this bothersome trifle, none of which are at all resonant.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
08/09/07
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

It's a delectable premise, rendered with smooth efficiency but we never really get beneath the surface of this shallow parallel reality.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
06/02/07
Steve Rose
Guardian [UK]

This Ikea-furnished existential crisis marks Lien out as a talent to watch for the future.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
06/02/07
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]

A few flaws but this is visually captivating and psychologically disturbing.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/25/07
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

Made with formidable assurance, a compelling look, quiet skill and impressive economy.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
03/15/07
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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full review in Greek

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01/08/07
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Oddball futuristic fun with a serious, if confused, message.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
10/28/06
Nigel Floyd
Time Out

A dark, nasty little movie that's never quite as deep or as clever as it imagines itself to be.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
09/23/06
Martha Fischer
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