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Hope

Håp (Hope)

2019

Maria Sødahl

Andrea Bræin Hovig, Stellan Skarsgård, Elli Rhiannon Müller Osbourne, Eirik Hallert ...

6.6

802

Drama The relationship between artist-partners Tomas and Anja is put to the test after Anja gets a life-threatening diagnosis.

Selected by Norway for Oscars' Best International Feature Film.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"The maturity of [Sødahl] gaze (...) bring an affecting gravitas to that most over-trafficked of subgenres (...) Factor in two layered performances of penetrating emotional acuity (...) and you have a melancholy but highly satisfying adult drama."	POS
	Vassilis Economou Cineuropa	"[Its] delicate emotional complexity is brought out by the captivating and affecting performances from the cast."	POS
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"The rewards here are great, not just for the multi-layered screenplay but the impeccable performances by Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Here is an intelligent and civilised film from Norway with two outstanding actors (...) Yet for me it never quite ignites with the real passion or the real anger that it seems to be gesturing towards (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Stephen Whitty Screendaily	"[The characters'] swings of emotion (...) are all painfully real and carefully captured (...) [Sødahl] is an artist of quiet, disciplined observance"	POS
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"I’ve mentioned how great Skarsgård is in those quiet moments of self-reflection and empathy his Tomas previously avoided, but it’s Hovig who stuns in the loud exchanges catalyzing them"	POS
United States	Godfrey Cheshire rogerebert.com	"The effect of 'Hope' is anything but depressing; it’s reassuring proof of art’s ability to comfort as it clarifies (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
Canada	Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"'Hope' is actually a showcase for the less internationally renown Andrea Bræn Hovig, who delivers a fantastically wrenching performance as a mother faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"It's a quiet, nuanced study of how a couple who have drifted apart deal with the direst of circumstances, perfectly played by Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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