Search results
Aug 3, 2001 · Sweden's nominee for best foreign-language film at the Oscars last year, ''Under the Sun'' features a ruddy, blond protagonist, Olof (Rolf Lassgard), with a back broad enough to shoulder all...
- Review: In ‘Under the Sun,’ Two Views of North Korea
The views of Pyongyang he came back with, featured in his...
- Review: In ‘Under the Sun,’ Two Views of North Korea
Jul 5, 2016 · The views of Pyongyang he came back with, featured in his film “Under the Sun,” are startling and chilling. Here is an Asian city that bears no traces of Western cultural or corporate influence.
- Vitaliy Manskiy
- 2 min
4 days ago · NYT Critic’s Pick. R. Drama, Sci-Fi. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The director’s latest is a great-man story about an architect, played by Adam Driver, driven by ideals and big plans. It ...
Aug 1, 2000 · Under The Sun. 118 minutes ‧ NR ‧ 2000. Roger Ebert. August 1, 2000. 5 min read. It takes more nerve to make a sincere film than an ironic one. Tell the story of a simple and good Swedish farmer, a hayseed who takes out a personals ad to find a wife, and you might be laughed out of town.
Jul 6, 2016 · Like Nazi and Soviet propaganda films, “Under the Sun” offers a vision of social perfection that comes at the expense of messy truth and human complexity. Although unintentionally funny throughout, its evocation of life in a totalitarian society is ultimately chilling.
Find movie reviews from the NY Times’ free archive of more than 9,000 reviews, sorted by year, genre, year, country, or critic, including A.O. Scott, Stephen Holden, and Manohla Dargis.
People also ask
Is under the Sun a good movie?
Is under the Sun a Russian film?
Why did North Korea refuse to film under the Sun?
Is under the Sun a melodrama?
Under the Sun received mostly positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 32 critics' reviews are positive, with an average score of 7.7/10. [17] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 based on reviews by 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [18]
