8.6
Dialogue sparkles With warmth worth remembering
Nobody could accuse Icelandic filmmaker Baltazar Kormakur of being typecast. From his breakout 2000 Icelandic romcom 101 Reykjavik through to US action thriller Contraband with Mark Wahlberg; buddy cop action
The Icelandic director’s third feature has been compared to Scorsese, Bergman, Malick and Herzog, but it’s uniquely his own.
… a chilling treatise on how uncaring both halves of its title truly are …
The pacing is a bit on the glacial side, but much of the writing is pitch perfect.