Trond Fausa Aurvag,
Petronella Barker,
Per Schaaning,
Birgitte Larsen,
Johannes Joner
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A 40-year-old man arrives in a mysteriously idyllic city with no memory of having traveled there, only to realize that there is something decidedly sinister about his emotionally sterile new home in d... read more
DVD Release Date: January 8, 2008
Stats: 489 reviews
This film depicts what I think we will have to face when we pass on, plain and simple boredom. forceful, twisted, bleak, funny and discouraging surrealism.
Beautifully constructed meditation on the point of living and how being immortal might effect it. Clinical cinematography and dry black humour add to the surreal atmosphere. The ending was a bit of a let down though.
After jumping in front of a subway train, Andreas starts his afterlife being dropped off by a coach in the middle of nowhere and greeted by a man with a dusty welcome banner who takes him to his new life. There he gets a nice flat, an office with a window, he gets friendly co-w... read more
Well, I'm not sure what to think of this movie. I liked it. I liked it a lot. But it was extremely odd. The color scheme of this movie is very dull and flat. Also, with the exception of the main character, there was no real emotion or passion with the exception of maybe Libido. E... read more
Why more people don't have this as "Want to see" is beyond me. An incredibly thought-provoking film about the monotony of everyday life which manages to be darkly humorous at the same time.
cool movie full of weirdness... very original and creative plot... a great ending that confirms what everything meant..
imagine a modern, Norwegian version of 'Brazil' with shades of both the original Stepford Wives and The Truman Show.
This movie is a very dark comedy--it'll really get you thinking, in a very good way. Check out filmmovement.com for more info!
the gore is indeed bothersome, but the picture it paints suggests stereotypes of modern nordic urbanity that I really hope are nothing but (cliched stereotypes), else this should be classified horror
A surreal nightmare of gleaming surfaces and razor-sharp edges, The Bothersome Man unfolds in a sterile city where nothing is quite as it seems. Full Review
Director Jens Lien mostly favors the clean and bland, succumbing to much of the same pod-person impassivity that the movie purports to critique. Full Review
Made with formidable assurance, a compelling look, quiet skill and impressive economy. Full Review
This absurdist black comedy from Norway is unlike any other movie you'll see this year, but as allegory, it's a bit too literal-minded. Full Review
Like the Swedish/Norwegian Kitchen Stories, it's a thoughtful Scandinavian film with a bent sense of humor. Full Review
Is it a religious allegory? Political statement? Horror film? Perhaps all three, perhaps none. Full Review
If only all the production elements added up to great movie. Instead, they seem like window dressing on a sill looking out to nowhere. Full Review
Bothersome Man is a stark yet strangely lyrical, multi-layered dirge for the absurdity of human fate in the face of figuratively deadening social conformity, and on the other hand, literal mortality.
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