The Bothersome Man (2007)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:15
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: Bothersome Man is a surreal, comedic meditation, thoughtfully and skillfully made.
Synopsis: Andreas (42) awakens on a bus. He has no idea where he comes from nor where he’s going. The bus pulls up at a run-down bus stop, where a friendly little man greets him and drives him into town in a... [More]
Starring: Trond Fausa Aurvag, Petronella Barker, Per Schanning, Birgitte Larsen
Director: Jens Lien
Reviews for The Bothersome Man
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 4/5 |
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 3/6 |
This absurdist black comedy from Norway is unlike any other movie you’ll see this year, but as allegory, it’s a bit too literal-minded. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Like the Swedish/Norwegian Kitchen Stories, it's a thoughtful Scandinavian film with a bent sense of humor. Full Review |
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A- |
Is it a religious allegory? Political statement? Horror film? Perhaps all three, perhaps none. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
This is a bizarre social satire that mixes the mild-mannered humor of Jacques Tati with stunningly gory slapstick. Full Review |
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If only all the production elements added up to great movie. Instead, they seem like window dressing on a sill looking out to nowhere. Full Review |
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Bothersome Man is a stark yet strangely lyrical, multi-layered dirge for the absurdity of human fate in the face of figuratively deadening social conformity, and on the other hand, literal mortality. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
An absurdly funny dystopian allegory that can proudly hold its own next to Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 and Terry Gilliam's Brazil. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A deliberate, thought-provoking, existential meditation on the curse of creating a neverending heaven on Earth. Full Review |
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B+ |
[A] pitch-black, bone-dry comedy. Full Review |
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4/5 |
A surreal nightmare of gleaming surfaces and razor-sharp edges, The Bothersome Man unfolds in a sterile city where nothing is quite as it seems. Full Review |
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Director Jens Lien mostly favors the clean and bland, succumbing to much of the same pod-person impassivity that the movie purports to critique. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
There are several ways to take this bothersome trifle, none of which are at all resonant. Full Review |
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3/5 |
It's a delectable premise, rendered with smooth efficiency but we never really get beneath the surface of this shallow parallel reality. Full Review |
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3/5 |
This Ikea-furnished existential crisis marks Lien out as a talent to watch for the future. Full Review |
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4/5 |
A few flaws but this is visually captivating and psychologically disturbing. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Made with formidable assurance, a compelling look, quiet skill and impressive economy. Full Review |
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3/5 |
full review in Greek Full Review |
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Oddball futuristic fun with a serious, if confused, message. Full Review |
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A dark, nasty little movie that's never quite as deep or as clever as it imagines itself to be. Full Review |
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