I was in the Jury of Viareggio Film Festival where this film was showed and prized. We decided to prize it because we thought it was such a perfect, elegant, well-told film that we couldn't decide either. The story is brilliant and bitter, humour is aggressive, black, acid, performances are great and direction is one of the most impressive ensembles (music, editing, cinematography) of the last years. While laughing about this ridiculous guy who doesn't care about social life it's impossible not to think about his empty, nichilistic, hopeless view of life and world. I think that Hlynur stands for most of young people in the world, and therefore the film is so valuable. It tells about empty life of now-young generation, by no rhetorical or moralistic or old means, but by original point of view and great humour. Victoria Abril, in an Almodovar-like performance, is astonishing again. Yes, all the film smells of Almodovar, but with original keys. BRAVI!!!
Review of 101 Reykjavík
