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Noi (2004)

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Reviews Counted:51

Fresh:45

Rotten:6

Average Rating:7/10

Consensus: A darkly humorous, quirky coming-of-age film, enhanced by its Icelandic setting.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language and brief nudity

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 19, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: In a tiny village located in the remote West Fjords of Iceland, Noi lives a strangely quiet life with his grandmother. A 17-year-old afflicted by the typical symptoms of teenage angst, who longs... In a tiny village located in the remote West Fjords of Iceland, Noi lives a strangely quiet life with his grandmother. A 17-year-old afflicted by the typical symptoms of teenage angst, who longs for freedom and independence, Noi makes for an excellent character study. His existence is anything but typical given the challenges that the Icelandic climate presents. Noi must shovel the snow away from the front door of his house in order to even open the door and get out in the morning, and he passes his free time firing a rifle at the mighty ice cycles that hang threateningly from the local hills. When he's not calming his alcoholic father after fits of rage, Noi hangs out at the gas station where the beautiful daughter of the local bookshop owner works. The surprising ending, which puts a very different perspective on this otherwise basic tale of Icelandic adolescence, brings a pensive fatalism to NOI. Director-writer Dagur Kari masterfully directs the small cast of unique characters in this well-paced film, while the numbing photography of perpetual ice and snow, and a superb soundtrack of acoustic music by Slowblow give the film its reflective, somber mood. [More]

Starring: Tomas Lemarquis, Throstur Leo Gunnarsson, Elin Hansdottir, Anna Fridriksdottir

Starring: Tomas Lemarquis, Throstur Leo Gunnarsson, Elin Hansdottir, Anna Fridriksdottir, Hjalti Rognvaldsson, Petur Einarsson, Kjartan Bjargmundsson, Greipur Gislason

Director: Dagur Kari

Director: Dagur Kari
Screenwriter: Dagur Kari
Producer: Philippe Bober, Kim Magnusson, Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Thorir S. Sigurjonsson
Studio: Palm Pictures

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06/24/06
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Begins as a standard quirky, indie coming-of-age film, but slowly -- like melting ice -- turns into something more profound and genuinely touching.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat
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Satisfaisant, mais on commence à connaitre la chanson un peu trop par cœur.

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
09/07/05
Jean-François Vandeuren
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Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
07/21/05
Houston Chronicle
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Left me too much in the cold to warm up to it.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
05/25/05
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Here is an absurd black comedy that is not afraid to give us some insight into the often dark dealings of the teenage psyche.

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03/07/05
Boyd van Hoeij
Boyd van Hoeij
european-films.net

Holds the attention with imaginative detail and a veneer of deadpan humor, like thin ice over a sea of despair

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
01/12/05
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

A quirky, amusing little film.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
07/10/04
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Kári's deadpan humor instills the film's emptiness with a warm glow.

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
06/07/04
Elias Savada
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online

A better-than- average tale of teenage angst that balances its tone between sorrow and buoyant good cheer.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
05/27/04
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Its unusual ambiance and quirky turns make it a peculiarly affecting addition to the coming-of-age genre.

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05/23/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

The director is constantly playing off the bleakness -- as well as the beauty -- of the Icelandic surroundings.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
05/21/04
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

After spending most of an hour being made to care about how Nói will solve his problems, our emotional investment evaporates like dot-com stock.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
05/21/04
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

If you see only one quirky coming-of-age movie set on a remote Icelandic fiord this year, make it Noi.

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05/21/04
Scott Von Doviak
Scott Von Doviak
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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05/20/04
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

Proceeds at a, no pun intended, glacial pace ... but the film is possessed of something more important: a bone-weary honesty at the travails of being young, different, and stuck somewhere you don't want to be.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
05/09/04
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Who can resist a movie set in a town where the natural history museum, filled with stuffed polar bears and such, is 'the wildest place in town'?

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
05/07/04
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
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Meditation on loneliness and isolation not highly entertaining but offers food for thought

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05/07/04
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