Kitchen Stories
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Plot Summary
Audience favorite at Cannes and Toronto drew a slew of Scandinavian film awards for the region’s star filmmaker Bent Hamer (FACTOTUM). 50s-set film begins as a major Swedish scientific survey of the kitchen habits of confirmed bachelors in rural Norway. Main plot focuses on conflicts between a persistent researcher (Tomas Norstrom) and his loner subject Isak (Joachin Calmeyer) as he has second thoughts about participating in the survey. There's nothing casual about the way this film has been put together, yet that painstaking care leads to laughter that is completely unrestrained” – Turan, LA Times“What a pleasure it is not to be hectored by a director as we laugh our own little laughs, watching a profound story unfold” –Schickel, Time
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
89%- Reviews Counted: 75
- Fresh: 67
- Rotten: 8
- Average Rating: 7.3/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: The movie's gentle humor and offbeat whimsy prove that humanity trumps bureaucratic foolishness, in Norway or anywhere else.
Fresh: Mr. Hamer never goes for belly laughs, preferring instead the smiles of quiet recognition from viewers who appreciate a change of pace from all the slobbering in recent movies.
Fresh: A thoroughly charming oddity. And, in the end, a moving one, too.
Fresh: Don't expect a profound dish. Do prepare for a light meal with enough oddball humor to maintain involvement.
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