The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

Name: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 25, 2024
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Ed Larkin, Elena Pitsiaeli, John Andrew Mclay, Kelsey Ellison, Paul Wild

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): October 25, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Ed Larkin, Elena Pitsiaeli, John Andrew Mclay, Kelsey Ellison, Paul Wild, Sebastian Tjørstad, Zoe Croft

Summary: Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world.

Director: Benjamin Ree

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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Alissa Wilkinson

Oct 24, 2024

A rare and beautiful thing: a moving documentary that excavates the question of the “real” in a profoundly humanistic and unconventional way. Read full review

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Siddhant Adlakha

Jan 23, 2024

With whip-smart filmmaking that weaves together the physical and digital worlds, Ibelin is powerful cinema that uses its stylistic experimentation for distinctly humanist means, breathing life into a person’s story when it seemed like there were few dimensions left to explore. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Jan 23, 2024

Ibelin is an overwhelming film, ugly tears all the way down. It starts off with the most unspeakable of tragedies and then, as it winds its way back through Mats’s life, becomes a bittersweet story of empowerment, acceptance, even joy. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Oct 18, 2024

By the end it’s nearly impossible not to shed a tear after the touching finesse and shape of this story. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Dec 6, 2024

The techniques ultimately reveal the way art can foster the sort of emotional connection that is vital to the human experience. Read full review

Screen Rant Ben Gibbons

Oct 25, 2024

The film offers an inspiring and remarkable story of hope, creativity, and adaptability, through the eyes of Mats and his alter ego, Ibelin. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Jan 23, 2024

The film is very invested in proving the validity of the social relationships created in virtual space. To me, that’s the easy part. Video games can absolutely be nourishing and substantive and healthy. And I’m not even sure Ibelin confirms that in a smart way. Read full review

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