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Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Julia Schacht, Anna Bache-Wiig, Michael Nyqvist

A lonely apartment-dweller who was recently abandoned by his longtime girlfriend finds his sanity slipping as his friendship with the two mysterious women next door takes a seductively sinister turn i... read more read more...n director Pål Sletaune's dark tale of obsession and paranoia. When John's girlfriend walks out on him, he soon begins to form a neighborly friendship with the two women who live in the cluttered apartment next door. That friendship soon takes an ominous turn, however, when one of the women seduces John with a punishing blow to the jaw that sends a series of disturbing repressed memories flooding back into the confused man's swimming head. As John begins to fall into his feral seducer's sadistic trap, gradually finds himself questioning the strange reality that seems to have swallowed him body and soul. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 15 min.

Directed by: Pål Sletaune

Release Date: March 10, 2005

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DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006

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  • April 9, 2012
    A decent psychological thriller that one can afford to miss. Watch it or miss it; won't make a world of difference.
  • April 9, 2009
    Sordid, twisted, grim and confrontational. I'm surprised there isn't more controversy around this film. The sex/beating scene is superbly executed. It perfectly captures the raw passion and primitive aggression of the moment. The performances are all eerie and add to the "What th... read moree hell is going on?" atmosphere. Keeping it contained and short allows it to get to the point. It's a very forceful film but one that avoids needless graphic scenes. Only downer is the ending is easy to spot from some way off.
  • April 17, 2011
    "Naboer" is a claustrophobic psychological Norwegian thriller that is dark, erotic, violent and disturbing which keeps the viewer guessing as to exactly where it is going. Technically speaking, when it comes to editing, acting, music and camera angles, so forth, it is quite a goo... read mored movie.
  • January 5, 2011
    Lounge atmosphere, dim direction, 2 femmes dangereuses..what's missing? A mentally disturbed equation. There you go..and you all thought great horror has vanished?
  • July 14, 2011
    Heavy tension, sexy, a bit creepy, well-done, but predictable & too short. It was missing some key scenes to get the full impact. Nevertheless one of the better suspense/horrors my bf has recommended lol.

    Note: graphic violence/beating, rough sex.
  • December 1, 2010
    Excellent work creating creepy atmosphere, but unfortunately it just doesn't seem like there's enough material here for a feature movie and it started to become pretty obvious how it was gonna end about 2/3 into the film.
  • September 4, 2010
    Netflix is recommending me foreign films because their system smartly establsihed my cinema tastes. But it's too bad that the system can't tell me whether the foreign film is a rehash of several films past. Naboer is potential material. It's directed well, its actors can do their... read more jobs, but Christ on toast, it's the same friggen plot in every psychological thriller! You can hide this fact from your audience by inserting S & M details, Swedish people, but you can't fool me into lauding plagiarized plot twists. I'll give this three for what I enjoyed from it, but it remains an incomplete film, needing an hour or so more of film length.
  • December 20, 2009
    This is an odd movie in a particular and peculiar way. First off, 95% will have this movie solved 15 minutes in. Next, you will still want to watch, men and women alike. Third, even though you know what?s coming, you still are taken aback a bit when things do happen. This is a cr... read moreedit to good filmmaking. The director has talent.

    With that, this movie has some unique ideas, but still relies a lot on retread. And the controversial sex is one scene that actually doesn?t seem gratuitous in context of what is happening. Maybe its because people worry that people will find it erotic. But some people find cars erotic and that doesn?t mean auto racing is for adults only. I know it?s a dumb comparison when one is a sex act, but it?s just that the shocking aspect of this is not something like Martyrs or Requiem for a Dream. It wisely keeps things slim and trim and moving at a very quick pace. When it dwells on something, there is a point to it. Definitely something to watch if interested in the ilk. Nothing to go out of your way for.
  • August 10, 2009
    This film features one of the most unintentionally funny sex scenes probably in celluloid history and that reason and that reason alone is a recommendation for this flick. It's short, it's got boobs and blood (and an erotic mixture of the two). It's biggest downside is it's twist... read more is easily figured out if you've been paying attention but that's not a reason to avoid this flick.

Critic Reviews


Jeffrey M. Anderson
November 3, 2006
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

Sletaune succeeds in suggesting a correlation between the twisty corridors and creepy rooms and the characters' fragile psyche. Full Review

Pablo Villaca
June 12, 2006
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

Direção de arte, fotografia e atuações impecáveis, associadas à mão firme do diretor Sletaune, compensam a obviedade do roteiro, transformando este curioso estudo de personagens em uma experiência inc...

Leslie Felperin
February 17, 2011
Leslie Felperin, Variety

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