Sentimental Value

8.8 - This was quite raw & honest in every facet, from script to performances to sound & score.
Renate Reinsve & Stellan Skarsgard are the obvious power players, but their interactions with Elle Fanning & Inga Lilleaas carry a significant amount of the weight as well.

This is one that is sticking with me a lot more strongly than I anticipated after leaving the theater. As I watched I was waiting for the big moment & the hard hitting scene, something singular to justify all the chatter I’d heard about this wrecking its audiences emotionally, & while I’m not certain if there is one, all the layers come together beautifully to give that same punch.

It’s sad knowing that myself & so many others see their own experiences in stories like these, but for all the hurt in stories of strained family relationships like this, I believe there’s some hope as well that it can be healed.

If you like watching people stare at each other quietly for two hours straight all for it to end in what I could only call an absolute gut wrenching feeling of how you have just wasted time you will never get back. This movie needs to be on 2x speed with subway surfers under it.

Superb acting…a little slow but I enjoyed it all in all

Vraiment un tellement beau film sur tous les aspects 1110000/10

Norwegian movies are good movies

3/15/26: Oooo this movie was so good. So soft, subtle, and intimate; yet incredibly beautiful and so painstakingly put together. Absolutely brilliant acting and story, it feels like a modern interpretation of an Ingmar Bergman film. Soooo many layers here. And the soundtrack is TOOOOOO good oh my god they robbed my Spotify account. My fav Oscar nomination thus far!