"From that familiar-sounding subject matter, the film's Danish-Norwegian co-writer and director, Joachim Trier, has crafted something grand and sprawling: a family saga spiralling across decades and generations, spliced with a movie about moviemaking. It's a film that churns and roils emotionally like Bergman, but as with Trier's last one, The Worst Person in the World tears into heavy themes with a springiness, even a playfulness."
"And no other Oscar nominee provides such a showcase for performance, with four meaty parts for its terrific leads all also Oscar-nominated to chomp on. Renate Reinsve who is starting to build an actor-director relationship for the ages with Trier plays Nora, a not-unsuccessful Norwegian stage and TV actress who nevertheless suffers from wild, paralysing stage fright."
"The stage fright likely has something to do with the entirely broken relationship Nora has with Gustav, a swaggering though faded director and absent, alcoholic father, played with bearish charm by Stellan Skarsgard. Nora's sister Agnes, an academic and one-time child star of one of Gustav's most celebrated films, is marginally less resentful of their father, outwardly at least."
Sentimental Value stands out among this year's Best Picture nominees as a grand, sprawling family saga directed by Joachim Trier. The film follows Nora, a Norwegian stage and TV actress plagued by paralyzing stage fright, and her complicated relationship with her father Gustav, a faded director and absent alcoholic. Nora's sister Agnes, an academic and former child star in one of Gustav's films, shares similarly fraught family dynamics. The narrative spans decades and generations while incorporating themes about moviemaking itself. Trier brings emotional depth reminiscent of Bergman while maintaining a playful, springy approach to heavy themes. The film showcases four meaty roles for its terrific, Oscar-nominated leads, providing an exceptional showcase for performance.
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