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Actor: Charlotte Rampling, Jean Anderson (II), Lena Headey, Louise Goodall, Stellan SkarsgårdBrand: Koch International
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-23
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Movie Reviews of Aberdeen
Movie Review: A movie I won't quickly forget...
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like independent and/or foreign films in general, I think you'll really like this film. The director says (in an interview on the CD) that Hollywood would not hire him to direct an action film and that's fine -- and that his films reflect his Norwegian character (restrained, among other things, unless alcohol is involved).
This film deals with addiction and a fractured family. Kaisa, a young woman successful in a career but estranged from her father and not seeing much of her mother, gets a call from her mother. She's in the hospital in Aberdeen (Scotland -- this is a town connected with North Sea oil drilling) with cancer, and doesn't have a lot of time left. She wants Kaisa to find her father (in Norway -- he works on oil rigs) and bring him to her. Kaisa reluctantly flies to Norway to retrieve her father. He is a heavy drinker -- very heavy drinker -- and not the easiest person to escort back to Scotland. Flying turns out to be not-an-option, so they end up taking a ferry and then driving. As the trip from Norway to Aberdeen unfolds (and this is most of the film), their characters and relationship are unfolded for us. Kaisa doesn't have it as nmuch together as she first appears to, and her father isn't exactly as hopeless as she thought, either.
Kaisa is riveting, as is her father -- and a young man they meet along the way who helps them. The acting is outstanding. At first the film seemed odd and I wasn't sure what I thought of it, but as time passed, I became engaged with the characters and their struggle.
My only comment is that the drive from London to Aberdeen doesn't take nearly as much time as they seem to take in this film, even taking into account some delays. There were a few other points that left me with questions about the script. I'd chalk it up to literary license and it didn't detract at all from the film.
Summary of Aberdeen
ABERDEEN - DVD MovieAn achingly beautiful film, Aberdeen has an outrageously sentimental premise: Kaisa (Lena Headey) is asked by her fatally ill mother (Charlotte Rampling) to bring her estranged father Tomas (Stellan Skarsgård,) to visit before her mother dies. Kaisa finds Tomas--a jobless drunk--at his home in Norway, and basically drags him on a road trip back to Scotland, over the course of which they're forced to grapple with their past. This could be a recipe for maudlin sap, but instead--thanks to sharp incisive writing, unexpected characters, and performances that encompass humor, brutally honest self-destructive behavior, and subtle gentleness--Aberdeen is bracing, constantly surprising, and deeply engaging. The entire cast (including the always solid Ian Hart, of Backbeat and Hollow Reed) is incredibly good. Highly recommended. --Bret Fetzer
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