A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
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- TriviaHighest grossing motion picture in the history of Icelandic cinema, as of 2021, earning over million dollars on the first weekend alone. This also makes this film the most attended Icelandic film shown in U.S. theaters ever (again on the first weekend alone), and this despite being pitted against such big-name blockbusters like the James Bond franchise, which premiered in USA theaters on that same weekend.
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- ConnectionsFeatured in Half in the Bag: 2021 Movie Catch-Up (part 1 of 2) (2022)
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Music and lyrics by Klemens Nikulásson Hannigan (as Klemens Hannigan)
Performed by Klemens Nikulásson Hannigan (as Klemens Hannigan) and Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson
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Nice to look at but pretentious and uninvolving
It's certainly not lacking for visual splendour and unique ambition, but Lamb is a film that has such an overinflated sense of self-importance yet has so little to actually say.
It's not that I don't understand the film-I do. The primary theme of the story is the notion that people will accept and embrace some truly bizarre, unsettling things in order to alleviate their grief and start anew. It's just that this story is really stupid.
These characters are all selfish and naïve. The timing of the plot's final reveal doesn't make sense. And worst of all, this is one of the most unnecessarily slow-paced movies I have ever seen. I'm convinced that I could make a cut of all the scenes in Lamb that are completely inconsequential and it would be about 60 minutes long.
Lamb is a film that I admire for its ambition but it's unfortunately too frustrating and unintentionally hilarious to fully recommend.
It's not that I don't understand the film-I do. The primary theme of the story is the notion that people will accept and embrace some truly bizarre, unsettling things in order to alleviate their grief and start anew. It's just that this story is really stupid.
These characters are all selfish and naïve. The timing of the plot's final reveal doesn't make sense. And worst of all, this is one of the most unnecessarily slow-paced movies I have ever seen. I'm convinced that I could make a cut of all the scenes in Lamb that are completely inconsequential and it would be about 60 minutes long.
Lamb is a film that I admire for its ambition but it's unfortunately too frustrating and unintentionally hilarious to fully recommend.
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- benjaminskylerhill
- Oct 9, 2021
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- Gross US & Canada
- $2,676,410
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,000,089
- Oct 10, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $3,189,087
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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