"If someone wants to destroy himself, society should allow him to do so. Just when I was an inch away from rating this half a star or maybe even a full star lower than a "perfect score" because the film had left so many emotional bonds and past situations to our imagination so that empathizing with the feelings of the main character became a more difficult task, the ending clarified all doubts for me: Some decidions taken during his evening leave were driven by emotions rather than carefully premeditated; however, his main intentions are honorable no less than they are important. Oslo, August 31 Anders (Anders Danielsen Lie, "Reprise") is thirty-four years old and two weeks away from wrapping up a drug rehab program when he's granted off-site leave to go on a job interview. Rental Period. The movie remains ambiguous about whether the breakup caused his current extreme behavior or whether the behavior drove Iselin thousands of miles away. Review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes reports that 97% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on 63 reviews with an average rating of 8.3/10. And it's in the simple promise and vitality of Anders' face, which serves the film without any regard for being in a film, let alone a tragedy or a poetic vision of darkness and futility. ... Rotten Tomatoes® score. Trier proves that he's no one-hit wonder. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. Anders' contradiction is the eternal paradox of the addict, and perhaps Trier is presenting it as an allegory of the modern human condition. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Vote in the Disney Animated Films Showdown – Round 2, New Details Emerge About Warner Bros.’ Next. See more ideas about oslo 31 august, lie, oslo. The party is Mirjam's birthday and they eventually have a conversation about how difficult Mirjam finds ageing as all her female friends have children and her male friends are dating increasingly younger women. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. I put that mostly down to the script as the acting and directing are solid-to-excellent throughout. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 t… Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. If you liked this last one I recommend you the tv show by the same name in HBO. What resonates watching Oslo, August 31st in 2017 is the way private jubilation and despairs are completely removed from public ones. June 14, 2013 Anders retreats to a room alone and again calls Iselin, leaving a message on her voicemail wondering if she still loves him and hinting that he would like to get back together with her. Anders is a man with an addiction. Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service. Anders takes a day off from drug treatment to see friends and look for a job. But I'm better now. Unable to go through with it, he returns to the rehab centre, where he does not mention his suicide attempt in group therapy. It is loosely based on the novel Will O' the Wisp by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. Replay Slideshow Previous slide Next slide. | Rating: 3/4 All Critics (71) I know I've said so before. Would recommend to lovers of film, those able to have any kind of pathos for an arrogant addict, or those interested in looking at things from a psychological/social standpoint. Anders takes a day off from drug treatment to see friends and look for a job. 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