Try to block out the heavy-handed symbolism and predictable plot, and concentrate on the wonderful Lassgärd.
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10/18/01
Under the Sun (2001)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:25
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: A modest and touching story about first love.
Theatrical Release:Aug 3, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: Set in the Swedish countryside in 1956, UNDER THE SUN is the tale of a lonesome middle-aged farmer, Olef (Rolf Lassgard). He has one friend, Erik (Johan Widerberg) who helps him with some of the... [More]
Starring: Rolf Lassgard, Helena Bergstrom, Johan Widerberg, Gunilla Roor
Director: Colin Nutley
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Reviews for Under the Sun
Top CriticThis movie is stately, beautiful, straightforward and ultimately heartwarming.
10/12/01
Top Critic... a sweet and touching story of first love.
10/12/01
Makes a virtue of its own simplicity.
10/11/01
Top CriticThe battle lines between tradition and trend, long-term commitment and short-term desire are drawn with great subtlety.
10/11/01
An antidote to the chaotic world that surrounds us, a place of beauty where humanity and nature are at its most basic.
10/11/01
This modest drama is the art-house equivalent of comfort food: satisfying in its familiarity.
10/04/01
I was surprised how involving this little story became.
08/31/01
Top CriticMostly, Under the Sun keeps sex under wraps -- and there's a lesson in that.
08/30/01
Top CriticCinematographer Jens Fischer and composer Paddy Maloney help Nutley immeasurably in creating a warm and inviting world, and in telling a story with so much good humor and honest emotion.
08/17/01
Top CriticUnder the Sun doesn’t strain for laughs or even chuckles, but tells its story of sexual awakening in midlife with a lyrical feeling for nature and all its sensuous metaphors for human desire.
08/09/01
Top CriticA touching, beautifully acted drama that well deserves greater exposure.
08/08/01
This engaging drama proves, as the Dalai Lama has noted, that the spiritual practice of kindness can work wonders in all human relationships.
08/04/01
Nutley and his superb cast go straight for the heartstrings and give them a nice little tug.
08/03/01
A runny melodrama.
08/03/01
Top CriticFull of predictable plot machinations.
08/03/01
All three actors combine to help make Colin Nutley's bizarre love triangle an engrossing one.
08/03/01
Unfortunately this film falls into a difficult category to appreciate. It isn't necessarily a good film for couples, and yet a modern single won't find much to like either. A bit too much like life for our tastes.
08/02/01
Not only does the movie decline to submerge itself in the rampant Hitchcock undercurrents, it seems altogether unaware of them.
08/01/01
You'll want to be a farmer in Western Sweden after seeing this one.
05/02/01
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