Synopsis
Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.
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Cast
- Gunnar EyjólfssonÞórður
- Hilmir Snær GuðnasonÁgúst
- Hélène de FougerollesFrançoise
- Kristbjörg KjeldKristín
- Sven NordinMorten
- Sigurður SkúlasonHaraldur
- Nína Dögg FilippusdóttirMaría
- Elva Ósk ÓlafsdóttirÁslaug
- Guðrún GísladóttirRagnheiður
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Tribune
The Sea isn't just brooding Scandinavian domestic tragedy, a lesser Bergman-Ibsen pastiche. It's also hilarious and rowdy, and it plays with our sympathies and expectations in such surprising ways, with such brilliant actors, it's easy to see why it won the equivalent of eight Icelandic Oscars. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
A particularly strong family drama, and the Icelandic setting helps, adding a touch of the exotic. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Old family secrets and fresh entanglements snake through the intricate plot like the tendrils of a particularly poisonous strain of ivy that flourishes only in the hot-house atmosphere of tiny towns, whatever the outside temperature. - 63
New York Post
An exploration of the way the sins of the father trickle down to his offspring, is dense with quirky characters and subplots all woven into a rather heavy-handed meditation on the evils of globalization. - 60
Dallas Observer
As family reunion trauma flicks go, The Sea is by no means up to the standards of Thomas Vinterberg's "The Celebration," but it does make clear that Kormákur is a director whose evolution will be interesting to watch. - 58
Portland Oregonian
There's a handful of good scenes (some of the vengeance that's wreaked is priceless) and it's generally well-played. But the soul of the thing isn't distinct enough from the bitterness it portrays. - 50
Boston Globe
You may have to be from Iceland to take dialogue like ''You can't freeze love like a gutted fish'' with a straight face. - 40
Austin Chronicle
There’s not a sympathetic character in the bunch.
