Sentimental Value

Name: Sentimental Value
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: November 7, 2025
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 86

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Neon | Release Date: November 7, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate theirSisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 132 min

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100

David Rooney

May 22, 2025

Sentimental Value is uncommonly rich in emotional rewards and contemplative in its reflections on the places where we live becoming a permanent repository for our memories, remaining there even after we move on. The movie’s poignancy accumulates gradually, every supple turn expertly modulated as the presence of generations past becomes more tangible. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Esther Zuckerman

Sep 9, 2025

Though Sentimental Value is about the use of art as a tool for communication, it’s not so trite a movie to say that art heals all wounds. But it’s also not a cynical film. Once again, Trier defies convention by finding grace that is so profound it can be walloping. Read full review

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The Times Tom Shone

Jan 8, 2026

Reinsve seems to give nothing away and yet there’s not a scene she’s in where we’re not clued into Nora’s emotions. The acting is almost invisible. Nora, it becomes clear, is the mirror image of her father: giving free rein to her emotions only under the cover of the art. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Jan 20, 2026

Reinsve and Skarsgard work repressed magic in each scene they share—exploding on occasion, but still never directly confronting the deeper issues involved. Read full review

Empire Emily Maskell

Dec 23, 2025

Ultimately, overlapping notions of family, cinema and healing are neatly tied up in an arresting and heartrendingly gentle finale that will leave an ache in your chest. Stripping dialogue and editing flourishes away, Sentimental Value’s final note is a showstopper. Read full review

Peter Debruge

May 22, 2025

While not as stylistically radical as Trier’s last film, “The Worst Person in the World,” this layered family-centric drama (which was also written by Eskil Vogt) shares its ability to find fresh angles on sentiments you’d think that cinema would have exhausted by now. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 22, 2025

It’s a baggy comedy, sentimental in ways that are not entirely intentional, but there is value, too. Read full review

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