It's a small but mighty movie, and one that I found satisfying.

Full Review | May 1, 2021

The County is at its best when it centers Egilsdóttir's nuanced performance.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 30, 2021

Even with some strangely perfunctory plot pivots and an abruptly unsatisfying ending, "The County" benefits from Egilsdottir's central performance, which is both delicate and imposingly stalwart.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 30, 2021

Inextricably rooted in lead Arndis Hrönn Egilsdöttir's quietly defiant performance, "The County" tells an immersive, timeless David vs. Goliath story set against a contemporary backdrop of shifting societal norms.

Full Review | Apr 29, 2021

At a brisk 92 minutes, The County takes less time to watch than the average Monopoly game takes to play, while offering much the same grim lesson.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Apr 29, 2021

It looks astonishing, still camerawork that allows these scenes to play out in a theatrical yet deadpan way...

Full Review | Jun 16, 2020

Rich in specific procedural detail, this is an absorbing spin on the George Orwell line: "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever."

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 26, 2020

The County blends elements of heartfelt tragedy with absurdist comedy, conjuring a humanist portrait of life in which community and loneliness coexist in a landscape of contradictions - geographical, personal, and political.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 24, 2020

The spirit of Elia Kazan lives on in this tough community drama from Icelandic film-maker Grímur Hákonarson...

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 21, 2020

If The County were just a beautifully judged account of one woman drawing a line in the snow, that much would be welcome. But there is more to chew on here - the logic of globalism, the lure of protectionism. All that and Stjórnin too.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 20, 2020

Grímur Hákonarson has done it again, he has taken a subject very foreign to most and made us truly care about it. Which, let's face it, is no mean feat.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2020

"The County" is full of feisty female energy and imagery, and sprinkled with rousing "you go girl!" comic moments.

Full Review | Sep 8, 2019