Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America Reviews
November 15, 2019
Severed Ways - a moviegoing experience steeped in history, the beauty of nature, and man's instincts for survival as he embraces a brave new world, not to mention some really cool Viking lore.
November 5, 2009
More or less what you'd have if Ingmar Bergman had shot The Blair Witch Project...
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| Original Score: 2/4
August 19, 2009
Severed Ways exudes a specific and unique vibe, and youre either going to get into it or youre not...If youre willing to just stop, look and listen, you might have a good time.
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| Original Score: 8/10
July 20, 2009
Stone's admirable and persuasive evocation is unfortunately marred by his self-defeating resort to flurries of claustrophobic, fragmented hand-held shots that obfuscate just about every crucial plot development in the film.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
July 19, 2009
One of the more beautifully shot films of the year...so long as the camera is standing still.
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| Original Score: C+
July 17, 2009
That director Tony Stone concocted and nearly pulls off this gruff, truly indie flick, maintaining our interest -- mostly -- through slow, wordless curio makes him a director to watch.
Original Score: 3.5/5
July 16, 2009
A must-see.
July 16, 2009
Captivating locations can't overcome deplorable scenes of defecation and actually killing a hen onscreen. This is so slow and lacking in pace it tries one's patience.
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| Original Score: 5/10
March 17, 2009
Gorgeous cinematography of fabulous wilderness landscape cannot compensate for the self-indulgence and viewer-alienating technique of a clueless rookie director/writer/actor.
March 15, 2009
A pretentious, tedious, jarring and grueling test of a viewer's patience.
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| Original Score: 3.0/10
March 13, 2009
Severed Ways is one of the oddest movies I've seen in a while -- and that's a good thing.
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| Original Score: 3/4
March 13, 2009
If nothing else, Mr. Stone, from his tangled hair to dirty feet, has taken himself and his story into the beyond -- way, way beyond.
Original Score: 3/5
March 13, 2009
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| Original Score: 3/4
March 11, 2009
Largely lacking in dialogue (if not unintentional hilarity), this intensely personal project is proof positive that Bill and Ted grew up to become filmmakers.
Original Score: 2/6
March 10, 2009
The spectacle of two dudes mucking about in the primal forest becomes tedious...
March 10, 2009
Seems more informed by low-budget History Channel programs and the proto-metal Norse lore of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song."
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
March 10, 2009
Minimalist independent cinema doesn't get much more low fidelity than debut writer/director Tony Stone's garish vision of 11th century Vikings discovering North America.
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| Original Score: D-
March 9, 2009
If all Vikings acted like the two principals in this glacial-paced film, Valhalla must be an empty, desolate place.
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| Original Score: C
March 7, 2009
Minimalist retro-dialogue in Old Norse, a closeup of human defecation in real time, choked chickens for dinner, and man rape of a dumb blonde macho Viking dragged off by a native woman warrior in heat to her tepee where she, well, makes him her squaw.
March 4, 2009
If only Stone's elliptical storytelling style were as lucid as his eye for the environment.