Gavagai

Shadow Distribution | Release Date: August 3, 2018

6.0	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Ratings

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Brent_MarchantFeb 3, 2019

An ambitious though not always effective attempt at celebrating the works of famed Norwegian poet Tarjei Vesaas and the ideas espoused through his writings. The film's inventive though sometimes overly cryptic narrative and cinematographyAn ambitious though not always effective attempt at celebrating the works of famed Norwegian poet Tarjei Vesaas and the ideas espoused through his writings. The film's inventive though sometimes overly cryptic narrative and cinematography tell an intriguing though somewhat underdeveloped story of love, death, loss, friendship and carrying on set in the context of a road trip buddy movie in the wilds of the Norwegian landscape. Nice sentiments and heartfelt emotions run through the film, but sometimes they go on far too long, with much-needed editing to make them more manageable -- and meaningful. Enjoy it as much as you can, but don't be surprised if it starts to try your patience after a while.… Expand

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BestponyJun 11, 2020

It offers some stunningly beautiful landscapes, a slow, relaxing pace, and charmingly shaky camera work, but the narrative can't quite support the weight of its lofty ideas. Gavagai is structured like a road trip but the two main charactersIt offers some stunningly beautiful landscapes, a slow, relaxing pace, and charmingly shaky camera work, but the narrative can't quite support the weight of its lofty ideas. Gavagai is structured like a road trip but the two main characters don't talk very much, and the fragments of poems we get instead of dialogue, though pleasant, aren't interesting enough to hold the viewer's attention for 90 minutes. I enjoyed my time with this film but I feel that I won't remember any of it a year from now.… Expand

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ArthurRojiApr 15, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This film is...boring. It is overly pretentious and thinks it is doing something that average movie-goers have never seen before. I had the (mis)fortune of sitting through one of the director's lectures as he is a professor at VCU and picked up on some troubling statements. Firstly, when a critic wrote about the film threatening cultural appropriation, he called the critic's words "silly". He has a very firm belief that Asian people are intrinsically "mysterious", and in regards to the woman playing the Chinese wife he said the following, "[The actress has] certain ethnic traces to, shall we say, eastern people. She was supposed to be an enigma." before continuing on to confuse the word "enigma" with "enema". Lastly, when a student inquired on why specifically the woman was Chinese, he answered "[Carsten] perceives her as Chinese - whether she was or wasn’t isn’t the issue.” He repeatedly disregarded the fact that the film was genuinely upsetting to some members of the Asian community and refused to hear out outside perspectives because he deems his own opinions more relevant to the context of the film. Avoid this at all costs, it's a mess.… Expand

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