Critic Reviews
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positive
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90
Masterfully paced and constructed, and the performances are memorable.
80
One of the most impressive films to come out of Sweden in the past year. Ace acting, powerful direction and engaging storylines.
75
To the extent that this difficult but ultimately rewarding film has a message, it's that you can't run away from who you are.
70
It maintains a strong enough sense of squirmy humanity that its characters' epiphanies and emotional growth feel both hard-earned and richly deserved.
67
The snappish domestic infighting is effectively staged, yet beneath its ''raw'' atmosphere Daybreak traffics in pop-sociological clichés.
63
Dark, depressing drama.
60
If Daybreak weren't so powerfully acted, its accumulating anguish would be too much to bear. As it is, all three couples, especially Knut and Mona, verge on caricature.
60
Runge's coolly photographed, intricately plotted feature is always interesting in its execution, but disappointingly pat in its resolution.
60
Though the acting is uniformly excellent, especially Petren in her bilious rage, Daybreak doesn't provide anything like the cumulative catharsis of, say, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." We don't really care about these people - we just want someone to make them stop.
60
Strongly acted by a highly competent ensemble.
