Fresh
Kormakur ... balances tones with a smooth, mature confidence.
F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly
101 Reykjavik
2000 · 1h 28m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Baltasar Kormákur
Overview
Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but he stands back from commitment. His mother's Spanish flamenco teacher, Lola, moves in with them for Christmas. On New Year's Eve, while his mother is away, Hlynur finds out Lola is a lesbian, but also ends up having sex with her. He soon finds out he and his mother are sharing more than a house. Eventually he must find out where he fits into the puzzle, and how to live life less selfishly.
Director and cast
- Baltasar Kormákur Director
- Victoria Abril as Lola
- Hilmir Snær Guðnason as Hlynur
- Hanna María Karlsdóttir as Berglind
- Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir as Hófí
- Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson as Brúsi
- Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Marri
- Gudmundur Thorvaldsson as Ellert
- Baltasar Kormákur as Þröstur
- Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir as Gunna
- Jóhann Sigurðarson as Páll
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A times as flatly deadpan as Hylner, at others as passionately eccentric as Abril's Lola, 101 Reykjavik is at least dedicatedly unexpected.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Fresh
Imagine, if you dare, Ingmar Bergman as a consummate slacker with a wicked sense of pop humour.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
There's something juicily amusing about the nonjudgmental way Kormakur views his characters.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
101 Reykjavik sometimes seems to be drifting pointlessly, but it keeps on righting itself, with moments of humor and imagination.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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