Reviews for White Night WeddingTIFF - introduction of the film at the TIFF08 "...Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur is one of the most consistently intriguing and adventurous filmmakers to emerge from the Nordic region in the last decade...Kormákur's most assured and ambitious film to date..." TIFF Review on twitchfilm.net "Balance comedy with a true sense of drama and tragedy is a difficult tak to set yourself, probably one of the most difficult there is, but Kormakur attempts exactly that here and he pulls it off with one of the most satisfyingly complex and nuanced scripts of his career." Twitch Film "Now this is nice to see. Baltasar Kormakur‘s fabulous White Night Wedding has been chosen as Iceland’s official entry for the best foreign language film Oscar derby for 2008." Calgary Herald - Canada Icelandic films stealing the show TSADT "Directed by [Baltasar Kormákur] ... White Night Wedding is perhaps his most ambitious endeavour to date." Exclaim - Canada "Insights about the way towards happiness... ...are highly amusing and accurate, especially given the structural juxtaposition between the comic and dramatic throughout the film.." Morgunbladid - daily newspaper “The Icelandic “film spring” came to an end on January 16, and right after was followed by the outset of a long awaited Icelandic film summer with the premiere of the White Night Wedding by Baltasar Kormákur – the most remarkably well done Icelandic film to date.” Mannlif magazine “A brilliant movie. It is beautiful, painful and yet humorous. Everything worked out right – the acting, the surroundings, the story, sound, picture and everything needed to create superb cinema.” “If I were to give stars, then I would say five out of five.” Frettabladid - daily newspaper “White Night Wedding is a highly entertaining film revolving around the search for happiness." "I would say that White Night Wedding is a “feel-good” movie which leaves you pretty satisfied about yourself and life in general.” Frjáls Verslun – business magazine “The film White Night Wedding grabs the audience and never misses a beat. It gets a stronger hold as the plot unwinds and leaves a lot of good moods and things to ponder on at the end. Baltasar Kormákur’s film is yet another victory the already highly successful director.” X-id FM 977 radio station “Quite simply a terrific movie in all possible ways. The actors deliver their roles amiably; it is simultaneously funny and dramatic.” Lesbok– cultural section of Morgunbladid newspaper “The movie provides a wonderful enjoyment, not least because of the terrific cast of actors.” Vidskiptabladid - business weekly “White Night Wedding is a highly enjoyable artistic production, not only because of the beauty and joy but because of the undercurrent, so quaintly heavy and intrusive, despite all the vivacity.” “By delivering White Night Wedding, Baltasar fulfils all the promises that his earlier movies have given.” DV - daily newspaper “White Night Wedding is a truly well made and enjoyable movie.” “It’s tragicomic, bitter, sweet and sour, sorrowful but above all just a wonderful film.” kvika.net “In a nutshell, it is fair to say that White Night Wedding is a flawless and enjoyable movie which comes like a fresh breath of air into the darkest and coldest part of the year.” http://www.kvika.net/kvikm.asp?strAction=getPublication&intPublId=679 Morgunvaktin “Is it among the best Icelandic films? It is among the best ones, yes.” |
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