Noi the Albino

Name: Noi the Albino
Genre: Drama
Released: March 17, 2004
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Elín Hansdóttir, Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson

2004

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Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews

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Palm Pictures | Release Date: March 17, 2004 | PG-13

Starring: Elín Hansdóttir, Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson

Summary: An intelligent 17-year-old boy dreams of escaping from his hometown in the remote fjord regions of Northern Iceland.

Director: Dagur Kári

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 93 min

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Gerald Peary

Kari combines Kaurismaki's deadpan minimalism and Truffaut's sensitivity toward adolescent yearning with a hefty dose of gallows humor, and tops it all off with an apocalyptic ending. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Given the white-on-white color scheme, I didn't expect so many shades of feeling.

Marc Savlov

Lemarquis, as Noi, has a stoic and silent tenderness to him, and Hansdottir's Iris is the picture of pensive sluggishness. But then all that cold, cold snow slows you down, both inside and out, until the only thing moving is your heart. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Like a young director with serious aims, there is an earnest tone here that makes Noi Albinoi a success. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

A playfully quirky and, ultimately, unexpectedly affecting portrait of a 17-year-old slacker. Read full review

Dennis Lim

A lightly comic slacker drama that takes the desperation of teenage tedium seriously. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Kari may eventually go far, but for now he's one of the less interesting inhabitants of international art cinema's disaffected-youth ghetto. Read full review

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M.Daye

Feb 4, 2006

At once saddening and amusing, Nói Albinói is a stunning study into life on the outside.

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GarrettR.

Jan 27, 2006

An exceptionally unque story about adolescence into a maturing adult that is both unexpected and strangely remarkable however dark or bleek. It's a real foreign treat and the best movie to come out of Iceland, well, ever!

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