Click here to copy URL

Bright Nights

Helle Nächte

2017

Thomas Arslan

Georg Friedrich, Tristan Göbel, Marie Leuenberger, Hanna Karlberg

5.2

56

Drama Austrian civil engineer Michael lives with his girlfriend in Berlin. For years, he has barely had any contact with his 14-year-old son Luis. When Michael’s father dies the two nonetheless travel together to the funeral which is held in the remote north of Norway. At the deceased’s secluded home Michael begins to pack up his late father’s personal items – watched in silence by his son. Two people who barely know each other are suddenly ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"While unquestionably well-acted and attractively lensed, there’s nothing memorable about this minor entry in the father-son road-trip canon."	NEU
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"It's just a long trudge to nowhere with a mulish refusal to explain anything or let any soupcon of narrative, character development or backstory spoil the pristine landscapes."	NEG
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"A delicate but grindingly linear, uninflected journey from hatred to hug"	NEU

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.