Synopsis
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
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Cast
- Pål Sverre HagenThor Heyerdahl
- Anders Baasmo ChristiansenHerman Watzinger
- Tobias SantelmannKnut Haugland
- Gustaf SkarsgårdBengt Danielsson
- Odd-Magnus WilliamsonErik Hesselberg
- Jakob OftebroTorstein Raaby
- Agnes KittelsenLiv Heyerdahl
- Manuel CauchiJose Bustamente
- Richard TrinderLøytnant Lewis
- Søren PilmarkFreuchen
Recommandations
- 80
Time Out
Directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg are unusually committed to maritime mechanics, and the excitement grows as steadily as the sailors’ beards. - 80
New York Daily News
This terrific film certainly contains the spark of discovery. - 75
The Playlist
There is little more to Kon-Tiki than a fun, handsomely-mounted, old-style adventure story. And as impressive a feat as that is to achieve, especially outside of Hollywood, which kind of specialises in this sort of thing, those looking for something with more depth from this category may come away a little disappointed. - 75
Observer
As an epic of awesome achievement, it never bores. - 75
The A.V. Club
Kon-Tiki, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg’s modern dramatization, while well-acted and smartly filmed, rarely musters any actual sense of excitement. - 75
NPR
There's no denying its status as a rousing and thoroughly enjoyable Old Hollywood-style adventure. - 60
Variety
This is filmmaking of great ambition and ability, though it’s not always conducive to solid storytelling. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Delivering visual drama and understated character study, sometimes in disappointingly formulaic fashion, the feature has its incisive moments but falls short as both epic and intimate portrait.
