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 159  8  7.7 Finnish men are famously taciturn, but they open up in the sauna in this superb heartwarming doc.
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103 7.6 7.5 This film asks a very challenging question: is life after rehab worth living? And the answers are decidedly ambiguous.
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142 7.5 7.3 A blackly comic vision of a nordic purgatory where no-one really feels love, and hot chocolate has no taste, but all claim to be happy.
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217 7.8 7.8 Shockingly dark comedy that is ultimately quite moving, handling its simple but powerful theme with a light touch. It is also laugh out loud funny.
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60 7.8 7.3 A bit like Todd Solondz' Happiness, only more ambitious. Jet black comedy that goes into some very dark places but is still surreally funny.
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61 7.1 7.2 A really sweet story of the slowly thawing relationship between a Swedish scientific observer, and his cranky old Norwegian subject.
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79 6.9 6.9 Skarsgard underplays for once in this very dry comedy with real sympathy for its almost grotesque characters. Very enjoyable.
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346 7.8 7.6 A lovely film about human kindness and the inhumanity of institutions, completely unsentimental and laced with bone-dry Finnish humour. A treat.
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3 7 5.7 An excellently tense thriller, full of ambiguity and with top-notch acting, especially from Bodnia.
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116 7.8 7.2 Bleak tale of teenage alienation in remote town in Iceland, well acted with touches of dark humour. Also a fascinating view of a world I know nothing about. The ending is sort of like the negative of the end of 'Three Colours Red'.
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58 7.5 7.5 Harrowing and very moving story of forgiveness and redemption. Excellent photography and unusual direction and editing make this all the more powerful, even if events are a little too neat.
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22 6.3 6.7 A blackly comic love story between 2 outsiders in a grimy, beautifully shot Oslo.
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16 7.3 7.1 Lena Headey goes on a road trip to Norway to find her estranged, alcoholic father. Treads a fine line between pitch-black comedy and tragedy.
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193 7.4 7.7 Bier is great at capturing emotions with her swirling, intimate camerawork, although she crossed the line into overwrought slightly towards the end.
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77 7.8 7.6 Somehow the honesty of the characters navigates us through this minefield of a scenario. Great cast, although I found the Dogme style distracting, even though it probably created the conditions for such intimate and honest performances.
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66 7.4 7.5 Enjoyable redemption tale with black humour and a sweet heart.
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65 7.1 7.3 Strong drama with excellent performances from the young cast and stunning cinematography. It's a tale we've heard before, but here it is told very well, even poetically at times.
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127 6.8 7.5 An interconnected tale of snowballing consequences, well-made but unrelentingly bleak.
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7 6.3 6.2 Nicely shot and well-acted psycho-drama with a slow-burning tension.
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132 6.5 6.6 Pretty brutal and ugly psychosexual thriller, lifted by a compelling performance by Joner.
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42 7 6.9 Kind of a noir League of Gentleman in the Danish bog.
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89 7.2 7.4 A strange, sometimes uneasy mix of violent crime action, dark comedy and slapstick. It's very un-PC, but I guess most gangsters are. Entertaining.
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75 7.4 7.2 Slightly uneasy mix of the blackest comedy with drama. The script is really funny at times, but it's played so straight it ends up being a bit disturbing. Odd.
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41 6.6 6.7 The pacing in this prequel to In China They Kill Dogs is not as tight, but this is still a lot of fun.
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