Synopsis
An aspiring painter meets eccentric locals and a fellow New Yorker while working on a barn in Norway.
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Cast
- Jenny SlateFrances
- Alex SharpYasha
- Fridtjov SåheimNils
- Gillian AndersonOlyana
- Zach GalifianakisHaldor
- David PaymerLevi
- Jessica HechtMirela
- Elise KiblerGaby
- Justus von DohnányiIan
- Olek KrupaVassily
Recommendations
- 75
The Film Stage
You couldn’t ask for a better guide through the psychological landscape of her character’s desires than Slate. Her ability to be hilarious despite a quiet role like Frances lends an indelible charm that ensures we’re in her corner from the beginning. - 63
Movie Nation
Whatever they edited out of The Sunlit Night, they made certain to keep the funny, sweet and sunny parts. And Slate makes the time pass like a late summer Green Flash — an enchanting moment or two or three, and gone. - 60
The New York Times
This movie about artistic inspiration is meandering and slight, but, in a way, it provides evidence for why it’s helpful to cast actors with movie-star charisma. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Slate and Sharp (a Tony winner for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) can't be blamed for their lack of chemistry, and if sparks aren't flying between them, at least viewers can occasionally drown in gorgeous coastal scenery, shot nicely by Martin Ahlgren. - 50
IndieWire
At least there’s Slate, who gamely approaches her character with sensitivity and care (the actress also produced the project) and keeps Frances grounded even as The Sunlit Night sputters around her. - 50
The A.V. Club
Unfortunately, everything engaging about the narrative is overshadowed by gratuitous quirkiness. - 40
Film Threat
It’s easy to disappear into the setting of The Sunlit Night but if only the narrative were as involving. - 40
Variety
Here, Wnendt suppresses his naturally provocative streak to deliver an aggressively cute existential comedy instead.
