Reviews for Jar City

Calgary Herald - Canada
September 22, 2008 - Eric Volmers

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/entertainment/story.html?id=116fa00b-cdee-46eb-a76a-408e95baee17

Reviews in the UK, September 2008:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/sep/12/thriller

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article4725160.ece

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/ReviewComplete.asp?FID=135706

http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=167944&page=2

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/jar-city-myrin-film-review-20813.html

http://www.list.co.uk/article/13034-jar-city/

http://www.shadowsonthewall.co.uk/shrevf.htm Review by Rich Cline

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/film-reviews/jar-city-15-926660.html

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23339557-details/Jar+City+%28Myrin%29/filmReview.do?reviewId=23554261

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/film/film-reviews/2008/09/12/review-jar-city-115875-20733058/

http://www.movies.sky.com/review/jar-city

New York Times
February 29, 2008 - A.O.Scott

“Jar City turns out to be intricate and pointed, conjuring a haunting, satisfying puzzle out of violence and chaos."

“the picture of Iceland that emerges in Jar City is vivid and powerful but not something the country’s tourist board would be likely to endorse."

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The New York Observer

February 26, 2008 - Andrew Sarris

"For those of us, like me, who know next to nothing about Iceland or the Icelandic cinema, Jar City is an absorbingly revelatory experience, and one of the most mesmerizing movies of the year."

"Jar City is mandatory viewing for reasons both aesthetic and ethnographic."

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Time Out London
Edward Lawrenson

"With aerial views of the wintry landscape lending his movie a bleak majesty, director Kormákur also brings to the film a fine eye for local detail, not least Erlunder hungrily devouring an Icelandic fast food delicacy, a sheep’s head."
 
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European Films.net
Boyd van Hoeij

“Myrin reverberates with strong echoes of what it means to be Icelandic, what it means to be part of a family and what it means to be human.”

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blisty.cz
Emma Culik

“Jar City It is peppered with well timed and deliciously dark humour."

Screen International
Dan Fainaru

“The perfectly controlled performance by Sigurdsson in the lead is solidly seconded by a cast that never falls behind.”

twichfilm.net
Todd Brown

“Kormakur making stellar use of the island nation’s bleak and blasted landscapes to reflect the inner lives of his characters”

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