A beguiling documentary about a 30-man choir in a tiny Norwegian fishing village that salutes the cathartic effect of singing.
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05/08/02
Cool and Crazy (2001)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:15
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.8/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 19, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: The Berlevag Male Choir are a group of men who sing songs of spirituality in and around their home country of Norway. This documentary introduces audiences to this unique singing group. It also... [More]
Director: Knut Erik Jensen
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Reviews for Cool and Crazy
If you appreciate an intimate and real view of another culture ... then you are bound to like this movie and get a charge out of the choir singers who are innately entertaining people.
04/09/02
It's not bad per se, but it would probably play better on the small screen.
03/28/02
Top CriticAlthough Jenson's film is of that peculiarly insular, homespun variety, it nevertheless manages to fend off the blight of boredom with its sheer exuberance and authentic appreciation of its subject.
02/13/03
Consistently offbeat and entertaining.
10/19/01
Top CriticFar from being a collection of stoic cliches, the singers are vibrantly individual, and their stories form the film's core.
01/11/02
Top CriticAn unusual and utterly disarming documentary.
10/19/01
Top CriticBerlevag's 1300 inhabitants are by nature hardy and uncomplaining, but Knut Erik Jensen's unhurried documentary reveals that there's more to them than mere stoicism.
10/19/01
If music be the food of love, Cool & Crazy could stand a few more hits from the spice rack.
10/18/01
Top CriticCool and Crazy, not only does music have charms to soothe the savage breast, but also warmth to melt the endless Norwegian winter.
12/20/01
Top CriticJensen paints a vivid portrait of quirky eccentricity and uncommon dedication to a seemingly irrelevant pursuit.
02/03/02
As effortlessly uplifting as last year's 'Down from the Mountain,' and the music, while very different. is also wonderful.
03/30/02
Like all good documentaries, this is an enlightening insight into a previously unexplored world, to which the viewer feels privileged to have been introduced.
10/25/01
You can't help but come away from the movie with a smile on your face and an urge to buy their music.
11/07/01
So thoroughly engaging, so beautifully made, strikingly shot and chock-full of humor and humanity, I can't imagine any intelligent audience not falling in love with it.
07/20/02
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