Kitchen Stories

Name: Kitchen Stories
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: February 20, 2004
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norström

2004

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IFC Films | Release Date: February 20, 2004 | Unrated

Starring: Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norström

Summary: In the early '50s the Home Research Institute in Sweden sends 18 observers to the rural district of Landstad, Norway, with its surplus of bachelors, to study the kitchen routines of single men. (IFC Films)

Director: Bent Hamer

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 95 min

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Kenneth Turan

There's nothing casual about the way this film has been put together, yet that painstaking care leads to laughter that is completely unrestrained. Read full review

Shawn Levy

It's a film that triumphs in small ways and satisfyingly demonstrates how our human nature is based on both the eccentricity of our hearts and the quirky workings of our heads. Read full review

David Ansen

Hamer, a meticulous observer himself, is a minimalist with heart. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

The movie's gentle humor and offbeat whimsy prove that humanity trumps bureaucratic foolishness, in Norway or anywhere else. Read full review

David Sterritt

Acted and directed with a savvy understatement that perfectly matches the eccentric story. Read full review

David Rooney

The film appears consistently poised to go deeper but instead hangs back, making it less substantial than it might have been. Yet the sweet-natured story's gentle humor and poignancy should draw appreciative audiences. Read full review

J. Hoberman

Slight but sardonic, Norwegian director Bent Hamer's deadpan Kitchen Stories makes a taciturn comedy of nothingness out of color-coordinated '50s coziness and Scandinavian social planning. Read full review

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