| Menemsha Entertainment | Release Date: July 25, 2001 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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Positive:
12
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews
For those under the impression that Icelandic life consists solely of fishing and the hosting of international summits, this triangle of love, lust, and misunderstanding from director Baltasar Kormakur is a welcome treat.
In spirit, 101 Reykjavík is so Almodóvar that it could melt the polar icecap.
While 101 Reykjavik has already been compared to "High Fidelity," with which it shares the notion of an emotionally immature male narrating a tale of his own failings, it's probably closer to something like "Spanking the Monkey," which took the Oedipal angle even further.
Fun to watch it may be, but it's shallow fun. Like the drugs and booze the characters keep using -- and even the sex -- it's a passing pleasure.
Much of this is pretty funny, in its perverse, disorienting style, and there's an irrepressible sunniness to the relationship between Lola and Hlynur's mother.
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