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Critics Consensus: Scandinavian in the most bleakly satisfying way, King of Devil's Island satisfies with a richly layered narrative and a typically strong performance from Stellan Skarsgard.
Critic Consensus: Scandinavian in the most bleakly satisfying way, King of Devil's Island satisfies with a richly layered narrative and a typically strong performance from Stellan Skarsgard.
All Critics (47) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (3)
Robust acting and crisp direction eases the old-rope material through to the inevitable conflagration.
Rather one-note in its bleakness, and doesn't have a vast amount to say beyond 'reform school sucks'.
Possibly no one else does "grim" with as much unsparing enthusiasm as the Scandinavians.
Skarsgard is riveting throughout as a man whose high morality is steeped in hypocrisy and whose mask of civility easily slips, when challenged, to reveal the monster beneath.
[An] austere and occasionally stirring yarn.
The film plays well, and is involving, but in one form or another, this is a story often told.
An uncomfortably haunting journey to the breaking point of the human spirit, which, despite its few missteps along the will stay with you long after you leave the cinema.
Helstad and Nilssen deliver outstanding dramatic performances.
It's a very measured account of how men will accept their fates to a degree, slowly coil up and then spring with anger.
A slow-burning but satisfying drama that persuasively blends elements of Scum and Papillon.
The acting is superb and director Marius Holst's embellishment of the facts keeps your attention throughout.
There's an impressive force to the performances and, amid the ice and snow, the film burns with a sense of injustice that deservedly made it a hit in Norway.
Ok. I am convinced..Stellan Skarsgard + movie role = quality film! This based-on-a-true-story film is top-notch good. This is what great filmmaking is all about. A magnificent, and unforgettable film. Every scene is perfect, each actor's performance is spot on. If this movie doesn't touch you on some level, I don't know what will. My ONLY complaint is there was no follow up summary, but I guess we can all google things these days..so I forgive them...
Super Reviewer
For those who like true stories and abhor cruelty and injustice, this is your film.
'The King of Devil's Island'. A sobering tale on the abuse of power and the small rebellions that can lead to outright chaos. The grim, beautiful Norwegian winter plays a fine backdrop to all round solid performances.
Don't know what part of it is true and what's not, but it's a been-there-seen-it-all plot. The problem here is that the movie neither enlightens nor entertains. The Devil's Island needs a better king.
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